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Montsecbelus solutus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Belidae

Taxonomy
Eobelus solutus was named by Whalley and Jarzembowski (1985). Its type specimen is NHM In 59510, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (BMNH 1955 collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Montsecbelus solutus by Zherikhin and Gratshev (1997), Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Legalov (2009), Legalov (2012), Legalov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Eobelus solutus Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 400 fig. 17
1997Montsecbelus solutus Zherikhin and Gratshev p. 627 fig. 1
1999Montsecbelus solutus Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 39
2009Montsecbelus solutus Legalov p. 303
2012Montsecbelus solutus Legalov p. 691
2015Montsecbelus solutus Legalov p. 1474

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyBelidaeSchoenherr 1826
subfamilyMontsecbelinae
tribeMontsecbelini
genusMontsecbelus
speciessolutus()

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.

†Montsecbelus solutus Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985
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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: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cataluña) Eobelus solutus (type locality: 118325)