Prionocerites
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Cleroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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.