Paleothius gracilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

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: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Genus: †Paleothius
Species: Paleothius gracilis

Name

†Paleothius gracilis Solodovnikov & Yue, 2013: 382

Native distribution areas

China (Liaoning) [early Cretaceous: Yixian Formation].

References

Primary references

• Solodovnikov, A.Y., Yue, Y-L., Tarasov S.I. & Ren, D. 2013. Extinct and extant rove beetles meet in the matrix: Early Cretaceous fossils shed light on the evolution of a hyperdiverse insect lineage (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Cladistics 29(4): 360–403. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00433.x . Reference page.  [original description: p. 382]