Triamyxa

Triamyxa
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 230 Ma
Interpretive diagram, including variant with 6 abdominal ventrites
Several specimens of T. coprolithica seen from the underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: †Triamyxidae
Qvarnström et al., 2021
Genus: †Triamyxa
Qvarnström et al., 2021
Species:
†T. coprolithica
Binomial name
†Triamyxa coprolithica
Qvarnström et al., 2021

Triamyxa is an extinct genus of myxophagan beetle in the monotypic family Triamyxidae from the Carnian stage of Late Triassic, approximately 230 million years ago. It was found in the Keuper Claystone of Poland.[1] The type species is Triamyxa coprolithica and it was identified from specimens found in the coprolite ZPAL AbIII/3520, likely belonging to the dinosauriform Silesaurus opolensis.[2] Because Triamyxa specimens were found inside coprolites, this may offer a new method of finding insect fossils aside from amber. It is currently the oldest known member of Myxophaga. It was interpreted as either the most basal member of Myxophaga, or a sister group to Hydroscaphidae.

The specimens were preserved in 3D, with their legs and antennae intact and Triamyxa was likely consumed on by accident by Silesaurus while eating other animals, likely larger insects, and the specimens were likely not chewed much, which explains why one Triamyxa specimen was intact and the rest were fragmentary and Triamyxa was also probably present in the environment in large numbers, likely feeding on algal mats in freshwater bodies, similar to modern myxophagans.[2]

References

  1. ^ Raghavan, Akila (2021-06-30). "This ancient beetle is the first new species discovered in fossilized poop". Science Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ a b Qvarnström, M.; Fikáček, M.; Wernström, J. V.; Huld, S.; Beutel, R. G.; Arriaga-Varela, E.; Ahlberg, P. E.; Niedźwiedzki, G. (June 30, 2021). "Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin". Current Biology. 31 (15): 3374–3381.e5. Bibcode:2021CBio...31E3374Q. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015. PMID 34197727. S2CID 235691750.

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