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Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	376295	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=376295

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Cucujoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Boganiidae	Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
subfamily	Paracucujinae	Endrody-Younga and Crowson 1986
genus	Cretoparacucujus	Cai and Escalona 2018
species	Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus	Cai and Escalona 2018

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus	species	belongs to Cretoparacucujus	stated with evidence	Cai and Escalona, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Y. Cai and H. E. Escalona. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Beetle pollination of cycads in the Mesozoic. Current Biology 28:2806-2812

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2018	Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus Cai and Escalona p. 2806 figs. 1A,B,D,F,G, 2A

Cai C. Y., Escalona H. E. (2018) Taxonomic names, in Beetle pollination of cycads in the Mesozoic, Current Biology 28, 2806-2812

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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