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Cryptocephalus vetustus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8444275https://www.gbif.org/species/8444275
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)207029https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=207029
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Cryptocephalus : Cryptocephalus vetustus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Cryptocephalus : Cryptocephalus vetustus
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
-Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloideaLatreille 1802
familyChrysomelidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyCryptocephalinaeGyllenhal 1813
tribeCryptocephaliniGyllenhal 1813
subtribeCryptocephalinaGyllenhal 1813
genusCryptocephalusGeoffroy 1762
speciesCryptocephalus vetustusScudder 1878
Generic NameCryptocephalus
Scientific NameCryptocephalus vetustus Scudder, 1878
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cryptocephalus vetustusspeciesbelongs to Cryptocephalusstated with evidenceScudder, 1878
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1878Cryptocephalus vetustus Scudder p. 764
1890Cryptocephalus vetustus Scudder p. 485 figs. Pl 7 figs 29, 37
1900Cryptocephalus vetustus Scudder p. 109
2019Cryptocephalus vetustus Nadein p. 599

References

Scudder S. H. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4 4, 747-776
Scudder S. H. The Tertiary Insects of North America, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII, 1-734
Scudder S. H. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40, 1-148
Nadein K. S. (2019) Taxonomic names, in Small and common: the oldest tropical Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the lower Eocene Cambay amber of India, Alcheringa 43, 597-611
S. H. Scudder (1878) The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales: Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 747--776 - via Catalogue of Life
S. H. Scudder (1900) Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America: Monographs of the United States Geological Survey: 1--148 - via Catalogue of Life
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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