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Scydmaenus heeri

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Scydmaenus heerii was named by Oustalet (1874). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (collection of Professor Heer), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was corrected as Scydmaenus heeri by Piton and Théobald (1936), Piton and Théobald (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Scydmaenus heerii Oustalet p. 183 figs. Pl 1, fig 10
1936Scydmaenus heeri Piton and Théobald p. 206 fig. 6
1939Scydmaenus heeri Piton and Théobald p. 100 fig. 10

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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()
Scydmaenitae
tribeScydmaenini
genusScydmaenus
speciesheeri()

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.

Scydmaenus heeri Oustalet 1874
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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: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Scydmaenus heerii (type locality: 123944)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dome) Scydmaenus heeri (155204)