Calcitoryctes magnificus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Genus: †Calcitoryctes
Species: †Calcitoryctes magnificus

Name

Calcitoryctes magnificus Krell, 2011

• Type locality: Laetoli Locality 2 - Zanclean terrestrial siliciclastic in the Upper Laetolil Beds Formation of Tanzania.
• Holotype: EP 2704/00, an exoskeleton.

References

Primary references

• Krell, F-T. & Schawaller, W. 2011. Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Pp. 535–548 in: T. Harrison (ed.): Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Volume 2: Fossil Hominines and the Associated Fauna. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_19 . Reference page.   [original description]

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on Jun 7, 2017]