Paleophaedon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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