Cardiosyne
| Cardiosyne Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Cardiosyne Martins-Neto & Gallego in Martins-Neto, Gallego & Mancuso, 2006[1] |
| Species | |
| |
Cardiosyne is an extinct genus of beetles from the Triassic of Argentina. It was originally tentatively classified in Elateridae, but in 2020 it was transferred to Coleoptera incertae sedis.[2]
Species
Cardiosyne obesa
It is the type species of the genus. The type specimen is an elytron with record number PULR-I 324. Its type locality is Picos Gemelos (5th cycle), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - large claystone in the Los Rastros Formation of Argentina.
Cardiosyne elegans
The type specimen is an elytron with record number PULR-I 312. Its type locality is Rio Gualo (5th cycle), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - large claystone in the Los Rastros Formation of Argentina.
References
- ^ Martins-Neto, R. G.; Gallego, O. F.; Mancuso, A. C. (2006). "The Triassic insect fauna from Argentina. Coleoptera from the Los Rastros Formation (Bermejo Basin), La Rioja Province". Ameghiniana. 43 (3): 591–609.
- ^ Kundrata, Robin; Packova, Gabriela; Hoffmannova, Johana (2020-06-26). "Fossil Genera in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): A Triassic Origin and Jurassic Diversification". Insects. 11 (6): 394. doi:10.3390/insects11060394. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 7348820. PMID 32604761.
External links
- "Cardiosyne" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Cardiosyne". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
 | This fossil beetle-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |