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Micromalthidae (telephone pole beetle)
Taxonomy
Micromalthidae was named by Barber (1913). It is extant. Its type is Micromalthus.
It was assigned to Archostemata by Carpenter (1992), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Kirejtshuk et al. (2010), Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Cupedoidea by Crowson (1981), Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Archostemata by Carpenter (1992), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Kirejtshuk et al. (2010), Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Cupedoidea by Crowson (1981), Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Micromalthidae Barber p. 185 |
| 1981 | Micromalthidae Crowson p. 694 |
| 1992 | Micromalthidae Carpenter |
| 1995 | Micromalthidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2010 | Micromalthidae Kirejtshuk et al. |
| 2011 | Micromalthidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2022 | Micromalthidae Cai et al. |
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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.
Fm. Micromalthidae Barber 1913 [telephone pole beetle]
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G. †Cretomalthus Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
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†Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
G. Micromalthus LeConte 1878
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†Micromalthus eocenicus Kirejtshuk et al. 2010
†Micromalthus priabonicus Perkovsky 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 251.90200 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 250.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 250.5 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Griesbachian | Russian Federation (Kemerovo) | Archaeomalthus synoriakos (104713) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Lebanon | Cretomalthus acracrowsonorum (123000) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Micromalthus sp. (184691) Protomalthus burmaticus (161726) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Micromalthus eocenicus (123850) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Micromalthus priabonicus (122997) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Micromalthus debilis (124471) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Micromalthus anansi (122474) Micromalthus debilis (122472 140453) |