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Mesallotrochus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8665959https://www.gbif.org/species/8665959
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)310574https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=310574
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Mesallotrochus
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
infraorderStaphyliniformiaLameere 1900
superfamilyStaphylinoideaLatreille 1802
familyStaphylinidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyOsoriinaeErichson 1839
tribeThoracophoriniReitter 1909
subtribeClavilispininaNewton and Thayer 1992
genusMesallotrochusCai & Huang 2015
Scientific NameMesallotrochus Cai & Huang, 2015
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesallotrochusgenusbelongs to Clavilispininastated with evidenceCai and Huang, 2015
Mesallotrochusgenusbelongs to Thoracophorinistated without evidenceCai et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang. 2015. The oldest osoriine rove beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 52:495-500

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mesallotrochus longiantennatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2015Mesallotrochus Cai and Huang p. 496
2016Mesallotrochus Cai et al. p. 346

References

Cai C. Y., Huang D. Y. (2015) The oldest osoriine rove beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Cretaceous Research 52, 495-500
Cai C. Y., Lu L., et al (2016) First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae), Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 89, 345-357
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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