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Platynus interglacialis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Platynus interglacialis was named by Scudder (1900). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Coleman collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Platynus interglacialis Scudder p. 76 figs. Pl 8, fig 2

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyPlatyninae()
tribePlatynini
genusPlatynus
speciesinterglacialis

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.

Platynus interglacialis Scudder 1900
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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 Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Platynus interglacialis (type locality: 152577)