Paleophaedon

Paleophaedon
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
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. ^ 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. Bibcode:2010AcGlS..84..772N. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x. S2CID 85383059.


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