Permocoleus wellingtonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tshekardocoleoidea

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 Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: †Protocoleoptera Superfamilia: †Tshekardocoleoidea

Familia: †Tshekardocoleidae
Genus: †Permocoleus
Species: †Permocoleus wellingtonensis

Name

Permocoleus wellingtonensis Lubkin & Engel, 2005

Holotype: MCZ 31136, single elytron.

Type locality: Oklahoma: Noble County: Section 23 (Tasch Noble V). Wellington Formation, Lower Permian (Lower Artinskian, 269–260 Ma).

References

Primary references

• Lubkin, S.H. & Engel, M.S. 2005. Permocoleus, new genus, the first Permian beetle (Coleoptera) from North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(1): 73–76. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0073:PNGTFP]2.0.CO;2 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beckemeyer, R.J. & Engel, M.S. 2008: A second specimen of Permocoleus (Coleoptera) from the Lower Permian Wellington formation of Noble County, Oklahoma. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81: 4–7. DOI: 10.2317/JKES-708.01.1 PDF