Triamyxa coprolithica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myxophaga
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: Myxophaga

Familia: †Triamyxidae
Genus: †Triamyxa
Species: †Triamyxa coprolithica

Name

Triamyxa coprolithica Qvarnström et al., 2021

Holotype: complete specimen preserved in coprolite ZPAL AbIII/3520, stored at the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw).

Paratypes: one complete and 13 partly to totally disarticulated specimens in the same coprolite.

Type locality and horizon: Krasiejów clay pit, near Ozimek, Upper Silesia, Poland. The material from the upper bonebed, part of the Keuper succession from Silesia, can be correlated with the Drawno Beds. Biostratigraphic data support a late Carnian age of the Krasiejów biota.

References

Primary references

Qvarnström, M., Fikáček, M., Wernström, J.V., Huld, S., Beutel, R.G., Arriaga-Varela, E., Ahlberg, P.E. & Niedźwiedzki, G. 2021. Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. Current Biology 31(15): 3374–3381.e5. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015 . Reference page.