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Silphidium priscum

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Silphites priscus was named by Fritsch (1882). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kounic, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial shale in the Peruc-Korycany Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Silphidium priscum by Handlirsch (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Silphites priscus Fritsch p. 4 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1884Silphites priscus Frič p. 205 fig. 79.1
1901Silphites priscus Frič p. 171 fig. 14
1907Silphidium priscum Handlirsch p. 664

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
genusSilphidium
speciespriscum()

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.

Silphidium priscum Fritsch 1882
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Coleoptera elytron indet. (type locality: 123774)