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Triassocupes yaochaensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tricoleidae

Taxonomy
Triassocupes yaochaensis was named by Hong (1985). Its type specimen is TIGMR Ld05, an elytra, and it is an impression. Its type locality is DyF2, Yaochagou, Niangniangmiao, Longxian County, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Yanchang Formation of China. It is the type species of Triassocupes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Triassocupes yaochaensis Hong p. 115 figs. Pl 2, fig 3; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyAsiocoleoidea
familyTricoleidae
genusTriassocupes
speciesyaochaensis

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.

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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: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Shaanxi) Triassocupes yaochaensis (type locality: 165602)