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Omma
| Description | Omma is a genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae. Omma is an example of a living fossil. The oldest species known, O. liassicum, lived during the final stage of the Triassic (Rhaetian), followed by several other species from Europe and Asia until after O. attenuatum from the Lower Cretaceous (lower Aptian), the genus then reappears in the Burmese amber during the Cenomanian, then disappears from the fossil record for the remaining 100 million years until today, with four species endemic to Australia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ommatidae : Omma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Cupedidae : Omma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Omma Newman, 1839,2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Tan, Jingjing, Yongjie Wang, Dong Ren & Xing-Ke Yang. 2012. New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (6.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omma |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Omma aberratum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Omma altajense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Omma antennatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Omma avus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Omma brevipes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Omma daxishanense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Omma delicata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Omma gobiense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Omma jurassicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Omma liassicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Omma lii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Omma mastersii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Omma pilosum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Omma rutherfordi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Omma sagitta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Omma sibiricum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Omma stanleyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Omma zitteli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Pyrochroaphana Handlirsch, 1906 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ommatidae : Pyrochroaphana |
| Procarabus Oppenheim, 1888 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ommatidae : Procarabus |
| Ommamima Ponomarenko, 1964 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ommatidae : Ommamima |
| Ommamina Ponomarenko, 1964 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ommatidae : Ommamina |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1839 | Omma Newman p. 303 |
| 1888 | Procarabus Oppenheim p. 236 |
| 1906 | Procarabus Handlirsch p. 548 |
| 1964 | Ommomima Ponomarenko |
| 1969 | Omma Ponomarenko p. 102 |
| 1971 | Omma Ponomarenko p. 63 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1992 | Omma Carpenter |
| 2006 | Omma Tan et al. p. 475 |
| 2012 | Omma Tan et al. |
| 2016 | Omma Jarzembowski et al. p. 114 |
| 2017 | Omma Cai and Huang p. 279 |
References
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!
