Palaeodytes
| Palaeodytes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Palaeodytes Ponomarenko, 1987 |
Palaeodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[1][2]
- Palaeodytes baissiensis Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Palaeodytes gutta Ponomarenko, 1987 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
- Palaeodytes sibiricus Ponomarenko, 1987 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
The species "Palaeodytes" incompletus Ponomarenko, Coram & Jarzembowski, 2005 – described from Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) – does not belong in Palaeodytes, but to an undescribed genus.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ponomarenko, A.G.; Coram, R.A.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2005). "New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 26 (2): 277–281. Bibcode:2005CrRes..26..277P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2004.12.002.
- ^ a b Prokin, A.A.; Petrov, P.N.; Wang, B.; Ponomarenko, A.G. (2013). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2.
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