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Chelonarium

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chelonariidae

Taxonomy

Chelonarium was named by Fabricius (1801). It is extant. It is the type genus of Chelonariites.

It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1801); to Necrophagi by Latreille (1802); and to Chelonariidae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Alekseev and Bukejs (2021), Poinar and Háva (2021).

Species

C. andabata, C. dingansich, C. dominicanum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1801	Chelonarium Fabricius p. 101
1802	Chelonarium Latreille p. 118
2011	Chelonarium Bouchard et al.
2021	Chelonarium Alekseev and Bukejs p. 20
2021	Chelonarium Poinar and Háva p. 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Dryopoidea
family	Chelonariidae	()
genus	Chelonarium

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.

G. Chelonarium Fabricius 1801

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†Chelonarium andabata Alekseev and Bukejs 2021

†Chelonarium dingansich Alekseev and Bukejs 2021

†Chelonarium dominicanum Poinar and Háva 2021

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	C. andabata (180657)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	C. dingansich (110737)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	C. dominicanum (122472)