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Smicripidae (palmetto beetle)
Taxonomy
Smicripidae was named by Horn (1879). It is extant. Its type is Smicrips.
It was assigned to Cucujoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Robertson et al. (2015); and to Nitiduloidea by Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Cucujoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Robertson et al. (2015); and to Nitiduloidea by Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Mesosmicrips, Smicrips (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Smicripidae Horn |
| 1995 | Smicripidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2015 | Smicripidae Robertson et al. |
| 2022 | Smicripidae 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. Smicripidae Horn 1879 [palmetto beetle]
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G. †Mesosmicrips Kirejtshuk 2017
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†Mesosmicrips cretacea Cai and Huang 2016
†Mesosmicrips sunae Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2023
G. Smicrips LeConte 1878
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†Smicrips europeus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
†Smicrips fudalai Kupryjanowicz et al. 2019
†Smicrips gorskii Bukejs and Kirejtshuk 2015
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Mesosmicrips sp. (230844) Smicrips cretacea (161726) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Smicrips europeus (123850) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Smicrips gorskii (124519) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Smicrips fudalai (201871) |