Paleophaedon
Paleophaedon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
Genus: | †Paleophaedon Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010 |
Species: | †P. minutus
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Binomial name | |
†Paleophaedon minutus Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010
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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[]
- ^ a b 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.
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Categories:
- Chrysomelinae
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Eocene insects
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Prehistoric insects of Europe
- Rovno amber
- Prehistoric beetle genera
- Monotypic beetle genera
- Chrysomelinae stubs
- Prehistoric beetle stubs