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Liassocupes parvus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Liassocupes parvus was named by Zeuner (1962). Its type specimen is BMNH In 64008, an exoskeleton (disarticulated body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Flatstones, Black Ven, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Liassocupes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Liassocupes parvus Zeuner p. 167 figs. Pl 27 fig 4
1985Liassocupes parvus Whalley
2003Liassocupes parvus Huber et al. p. 208 fig. 13.2A
2016Liassocupes parvus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 147
2020Liassocupes parvus Kirejtshuk p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusLiassocupes
speciesparvus

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.

Liassocupes parvus Zeuner 1962
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Obtusum or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Liassocupes parvus (type locality: 114639)