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Morsum abdominale

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Morsum abdominale was named by Ryvkin (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 1255/134, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kubekovo village (PIN collection 1255), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Itat Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Morsum abdominale Ryvkin p. 90 figs. Pl 13, fig 3; text-fig 3
2001Morsum abdominale Herman p. 598
2018Morsum abdominale Chatzimanolis p. 37

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOmaliinaeMacLeay 1825
genusMorsum
speciesabdominale

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.

†Morsum abdominale Ryvkin 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: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Morsum abdominale (type locality: 118010)