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Mormolucoides articulatus

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Mormolucoides articulatus was named by Hitchcock (1858). Its type specimen is PMNH 47/11[8], a nymph (beetle larva), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Horse Race, Turner's Falls, Montague, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian lacustrine shale in the Mount Toby Formation of Massachusetts.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Mormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock p. 7 figs. Pl 7, figs 3,4
1867Mormolucoides articulatus Scudder p. 140
1868Mormolucoides articulatus Scudder p. 218
1885Mormolucoides articulatus Scudder p. 776 fig. 980
1906Mormolucoides articulatus Handlirsch p. 404 figs. Pl XXXIX fig 19-21
1927Mormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock and Grier p. 193
2003Mormolucoides articulatus Huber et al. p. 211 figs. 13.4, 13.5, 13.6

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
genusMormolucoides
speciesarticulatus

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.

†Mormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock 1858
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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: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Hettangian or 233.60000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3USA (North Carolina) Mormolucoides articulatus (153639)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Mormolucoides articulatus (106479)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Connecticut) Mormolucoides articulatus (153640 153641)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Massachusetts) Mormolucoides articulatus (type locality: 122720 122721 122722 153637 153638)