Paraodontomma

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Paraodontomma
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Paraodontomma szwedoi.jpg
P. szwedoi
Paraodontomma leptocristatum.jpg
P. leptocristatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Paraodontomma
Yamamoto, 2017
Species
  • Paraodontomma burmiticum Yamamoto 2017
  • Paraodontomma leptocristatum Li, Yamamoto & Cai in Li et al., 2021
  • Paraodontomma szwedoi Jarzembowski et al. 2018

Paraodontomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle, it is known from three species, P. burmiticum described in 2017, [1] P. szwedoi described in 2018. [2] and P. leptocristatum in 2021. [3] All 3 species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.

References

  1. Yamamoto, Shûhei (August 2017). "A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)" . Cretaceous Research. 76: 34–39. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008. ISSN   0195-6671.
  2. Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (December 2018). "A new serrated archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber" . Cretaceous Research. 92: 26–30. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.013. ISSN   0195-6671. S2CID   219884082.
  3. Li, Yan-Da; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021-06-04). "New species of Paraodontomma from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with muscle tissue preservation (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61: e20216153. doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.53 . ISSN   1807-0205.