Prionocerites

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cleroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Superfamilia: Cleroidea

Familia: Prionoceridae
Genus: †Prionocerites
Species: †P. tattriei

Name

†Prionocerites Lawrence, Archibald & Ślipiński, 2008 [collective group]

Type species

• inapplicable [collective group]

Etymology

• "Generic name derived from the extant beetle genus Prionocerus (Greek, prion, prionos, saw, and keras, keratos, horn) and the ending -ites

(Greek, indicating likeness).

References

• Lawrence, J.F., Archibald, S.B., & Ślipiński, A. 2008. A new species of Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from the Eocene of British Columbia, Canada. Annales Zoologici 58(4): 689–693. doi:10.3161/000345408X396620. ISSN 0003-4541. https://web.archive.org/web/20110913135006/http://www.brucearchibald.com/docs/Lawrence_et_al_2008.pdf. 

Links

• Prionocerites – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.