Oxycheilopsis
| Oxycheilopsis Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | †Oxycheilopsis Cassola & Werner, 2004 |
| Species: | †O. cretacicus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Oxycheilopsis cretacicus Cassola & Werner, 2004
| |
Oxycheilopsis is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing only one known species, Oxycheilopsis cretacicus .[1] It is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Santana Formation of Brazil.[2]
References
- ^ "Oxycheilopsis Cassola et Werner, 2004". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 29 Jun 2011.
- ^ F. Cassola and K. Werner. 2004. A fossil tiger beetle specimen from the Brazilian Mesozoic: Oxycheilopsis cretacicus n. gen., n. sp. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 94:75-81
 | This tiger beetle-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |