Menopraesagus oryziformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Schizocoleoidea

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: Archostemata Superfamilia: †Schizocoleoidea

Familia: †Phoroschizidae
Genus: †Menopraesagus
Species: †Menopraesagus oryziformis

Name

• Menopraesagus oryziformis Tan, Ren, Shih & Yang, 2012: 50, fig. 1

Holotype: CNU-C-NN2010801, an almost complete adult body with elytra. Paratype: CNU-CNN2010802, a specimen preserved with elytra and part of pronotum.

Type locality: Jiulongshan Formation, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian boundary); Daohugou Village, Shantou Township, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China.

References

Primary references

• Tan, J., Ren, D., Shih, C. & Yang, X. 2012. New schizophorid fossils from China and possible evolutionary scenarios for Jurassic archostematan beetles. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(1): 47–62. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.637515 . Reference page.