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Paleophaedon

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Paleophaedon
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Paleophaedon

Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010
Species:
P. minutus
Binomial name
Paleophaedon minutus
Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010

Paleophaedon is an extinct genus of chrysomeline leaf beetle described from the late Eocene Rovno amber of Ukraine.[1] It was named by Konstantin Nadein and Evgeny Perkovsky in 2010, and the type species is Paleophaedon minutus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 772–782. 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)