Palaeodytes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †
Palaeodytes Ponomarenko, 1987 |
Palaeodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species: [1] [2]
The species "Palaeodytes" incompletus Ponomarenko, Coram & Jarzembowski, 2005 – described from Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous ( Berriasian) – does not belong in Palaeodytes, but to an undescribed genus. [2]