Cryptocephalites punctatus

†Cryptocephalites punctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Cryptocephalinae
Tribus incertae sedis
Genus: †Cryptocephalites
Species: †Cryptocephalites punctatus

Name

• †Cryptocephalites punctatus Scudd., 1895

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; North Fork of the Similkameen River, near Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype:GSC 101
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Collector:George Mercer Dawson, 1888

Etymology

• None given

References

• Scudder, S.H. 1895. Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, Vol II. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2: 5–26. 
• Santiago-Blay, J.A. (1994). "Paleontology of leaf beetles". In Jolivet, P.H., Cox, M.L. & Petitpierre, E. (ed.). Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Vol. 50. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 1–68. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_1. ISBN 978-94-010-4783-8. ISSN 0924-4611.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Links

• Cryptocephalites punctatus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.