Pulchritudo attenboroughi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

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: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Sagrinae
Genus: †Pulchritudo
Species: †Pulchritudo attenboroughi

Name

Pulchritudo attenboroughi Krell & Vitali, 2021

Holotype: DMNH 8393.

Type locality: U.S.A., Colorado, Garfield Co., Green River Formation, Parachute Creek Member, Locality 316, Douglas Pass–Emry 74 (T5S, R101W, sec. 29, SE NW SW NE; 39°35'47"N, 108°44'57"W), just below Mahogany Bench; = "Site C" in Dayvault et al. (1995); elev. 2650 m asl. Middle Eocene, Bridgerian.

References

Primary references

• Krell, F.-T. & Vitali, F. 2021. Attenborough's beauty: exceptional pattern preservation in a frog-legged leaf beetle from the Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Sagrinae). Papers in Palaeontology 7(4): 2101–2112. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1398 . Reference page.