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Mesolobites tenuiclathrata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Taxonomy
Mesothoris tenuiclathrata was named by Dunstan (1923). Its type specimen is GSQ 313, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Mesolobites tenuiclathrata by Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Mesothoris tenuiclathrata Dunstan p. 61 figs. Pl 6, fig 49
2016Mesolobites tenuiclathrata Kirejtshuk et al. p. 148

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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
superfamilySchizocoleoidea
familySchizocoleidae
genusMesolobites
speciestenuiclathrata()

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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Mesothoris tenuiclathrata (type locality: 111558)