Monticupes decorosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cupedoidea

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: Cupedoidea

Familia: Ommatidae
Genus: †Monticupes
Species: †Monticupes decorosus

Name

Monticupes decorosus (Tan et al., 2012)

Holotype: CNU-C-LB2010812.

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

Synonymy

• Tetraphalerus decorosus Tan et al., 2012
• Monticupes decorosus: Kirejtshuk, 2020

References

Primary references

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2020. Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10(2): 73. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10020073 . Reference page. 
• Tan, J., Wang, Y., Ren, D. & Yang, X. 2012. New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 113. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-113 . Reference page.