Blapsium
| Blapsium Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Genus: | †Blapsium Westwood, 1854
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| †Blapsium egertoni Westwood, 1854
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Blapsium is an extinct genus of beetles from the Middle Jurassic period.[1][2] The only described species is B. egertoni,[3] and samples have only been found at the Taynton Limestone Formation, also known as the Stonesfield Slate.[4]
Blapsium was referred to Ommatidae (considered in the paper to be a subfamily of Cupedidae) in 2020.[5]
Sources[]
- ^ A. G. Ponomarenko. 2006. On the Types of Mesozoic Archostematan Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Archostemata) in the Natural History Museum, London. Paleontological Journal 40(1):90-99
- ^ Walker, Cyril Alexander; Ward, David (2002-01-01). Fossils. DK. p. 78. ISBN 9780789489845.
- ^ J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
- ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1892-01-01.
- ^ A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2020. Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10:73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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