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Nitidulites ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4765328https://www.gbif.org/species/4765328
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)242137https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=242137
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Nitidulidae : Nitidulites
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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCucujoideaLatreille 1802
familyNitidulidaeLatreille 1802
genusNitidulitesHeer 1865
Scientific NameNitidulites Heer, 1865
Name Published InUrwelt Schweiz
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nitidulitesgenusbelongs to Nitidulidaestated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. Heer. 1865. Die Urwelt der Schweiz

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nitidulites argoviensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1201 Ma
Early Jurassic		201 Ma
Early Jurassic
Nitidulites bellus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1201 Ma
Early Jurassic		201 Ma
Early Jurassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Parnidium Geinitz, 1894GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Nitidulidae : Parnidium

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1865Nitidulites Heer p. 90
1906Nitidulites Handlirsch p. 439

References

Heer O. , Die Urwelt der Schweiz, 1-622
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
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
Urwelt Schweiz - 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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