Alloioscarabaeus

Alloioscarabaeus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	† Alloioscarabaeidae Bai, Ren & Yang, 2012
Genus:	† Alloioscarabaeus Bai, Ren & Yang, 2012
Species:	†A. cheni
Binomial name
†Alloioscarabaeus cheni Bai, Ren & Yang, 2012

Alloioscarabaeus is an extinct genus of insect in the order Coleoptera in the clade Scarabaeoidea. It is the only known member of the family Alloioscarabaeidae, and the genus only has one species, Alloioscarbaeus cheni, from the middle Jurassic period, 164.7 million to 155.7 million years ago in Inner Mongolia, China. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Bai, Ming; Ahrens, Dirk; Yang, Xing-Ke; Ren, Dong (April 2012). "New fossil evidence of the early diversification of scarabs: Alloioscarabaeus cheni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China: New fossil evidence of scarabs from China". Insect Science. 19 (2): 159–171. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01460.x . S2CID   54930162.
2. "Fossilworks: Alloioscarabaeus cheni". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 2023-10-24.