Biology:Paleophaedon

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Short description: Extinct genus of beetles

Paleophaedon
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Genus: 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. 1.0 1.1 Konstantin Nadein; Evgeny Perkovsky (2010). "New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 (4): 772–782. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7127243 entry