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Palaeodytes

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Palaeodytes
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Aptian
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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.