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Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi was named by O'Keefe (1997). Its type specimen is TMP 82-15-4.5, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 82-15 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi O'Keefe p. 381 figs. 1-6
1998Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi Newton and Franz p. 156
2016Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi Jałoszyński and Perkovsky p. 77
2018Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi Jałoszyński et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyScydmaeninae()
—Mastigitae()
tribeClidicini
genusPalaeoleptochromus
speciesschaufussi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi (type locality: 122388)