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Mimemala ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4718154https://www.gbif.org/species/4718154
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)310619https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=310619
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Schizocoleidae : Mimemala
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderMyxophagaCrowson 1955
superfamilySchizophoroideaPonomarenko 1968
familySchizocoleidaeRohdendorf 1961
genusMimemalaStrand 1936
Scientific NameMimemala Strand, 1936
Name Published InFolia Zool. hydrobiol., Riga, 9
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mimemalagenusbelongs to Coleopterastated with evidenceStrand, 1936
Mimemalagenusbelongs to Schizocoleidaestated with evidenceClapham, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Strand. 1936. Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica IX. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica 9:167-170

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Liassocupes giganteus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mimema punctatum
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mimemala giganteum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1197 Ma
Early Jurassic		197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Mimemala punctatum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1168 Ma
Middle Jurassic		168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Mimema Handlirsch, 1906GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Schizocoleidae : Mimema

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1906Mimema Handlirsch p. 557
1936Mimemala Strand p. 169
2006Mimema Ponomarenko
2018Mimemala Clapham

References

Strand E. (1936) Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica IX, Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica 9, 167-170
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Ponomarenko A. G. (2006) On the Types of Mesozoic Archostematan Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Archostemata) in the Natural History Museum, London, Paleontological Journal 40 1, 90-99
Clapham M. E. (2018) Insect taxonomy information from the internet, with fixing of species orphaned by genus synonymy
Folia Zool. hydrobiol., Riga, 9 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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