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Anthaxia punctifera

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Eoanthaxites punctifer was named by Haupt (1956). Its type specimen is GPIUH G55/33, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Anthaxia punctifer by Weidlich (1987); it was recombined as Anthaxia punctifera by Bellamy (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Eoanthaxites punctifer Haupt pp. 39-40 fig. 40
1987Anthaxia punctifer Weidlich p. 48
2008Anthaxia punctifera Bellamy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyBuprestinae
tribeAnthaxiiniGory and Laporte 1839
genusAnthaxiaEschscholtz 1829
speciespunctifera()

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.

†Anthaxia punctifera Haupt 1956
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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: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Eoanthaxites punctifer (type locality: 114060)