Biology:Ceafornotensis
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Short description: Extinct genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Genus: | †Ceafornotensis Woolley, 2016 |
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Ceafornotensis is an extinct terrestrial genus of beetles in the superfamily Scaraboidea , with only one member, Ceafornotensis archratiras. It is currently extinct globally. Its name is based on the Old English word ceafor( chafer) and Greek word notius (south).[1][2][3]
Entomology
The holotype specimen of C. archatiras is BP/2/18654, an exoskeleton as a compressed fossil in a large mudstone in Orapa Diamond Mine near Serowe,Botswana.[4][1][5]
Taxonomy
Ceafornotensis contains the following species:
- Ceafornotensis archratiras (based on the two Greek words archaíos (ancient) and kratíras (crater) " in reference to the crater lake origin of the specimen".)[3][2][5]
Ecology
The mandible of C. archatiras does not link to any particular diet, and high chance it could an herbivore, scavenger, or fungivore.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=349435.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Genus Ceafornotensis" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/640985-Ceafornotensis.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Woolley, Chris (2016-06-06). "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". African Invertebrates 57: 53–66. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8416. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303828005.
- ↑ "Mindat.org". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-9121426.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Woolley, Christopher. "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". https://core.ac.uk/display/144785168.
Wikidata ☰ Q28967044 entry
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