IRMNG - Oryctoantiquus Ratcliffe & D. Smith, 2005 †

IRMNG taxon details

Oryctoantiquus Ratcliffe & D. Smith, 2005 †

IRMNG_ID

1059566 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1059566)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Ratcliffe, B. C.; Smith, D. M.; Erwin, D. (2005). Oryctoantiquus borealis, New Genus and Species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the World's Oldest Fossil Dynastine and Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 59(1): 127-135., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/34/ [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Oryctoantiquus Ratcliffe & D. Smith, 2005 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1059566 on 2024-12-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (5)
Notes (1)

original description Ratcliffe, B. C.; Smith, D. M.; Erwin, D. (2005). Oryctoantiquus borealis, New Genus and Species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the World's Oldest Fossil Dynastine and Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 59(1): 127-135., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/34/ [details]

basis of record Ratcliffe, B. C.; Smith, D. M.; Erwin, D. (2005). Oryctoantiquus borealis, New Genus and Species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the World's Oldest Fossil Dynastine and Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 59(1): 127-135., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/34/ [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 [details]

extant flag source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Fossil according to SN2000 [details]