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| Jurodes Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of J.daohugouensis, paratype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Family: | Jurodidae |
| Genus: | †Jurodes Ponomarenko, 1985 |
Jurodes is an extinct genus of archostematan beetles from the Jurassic period of Asia.[1] Five species have been described. Along with the extant Sikhotealinia, it is one of the two known genera belonging to the family Jurodidae.
Species
[edit]- †Jurodes ignoramus Ponomarenko, 1985 Ichetuy Formation, Buryatia, Russia, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
- †Jurodes minor Ponomarenko, 1990 Glushkovo Formation, Zabaykalsky, Russia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
- †Jurodes daohugouensis Yan, Wang, Ponomarenko & Zhang, 2014 Dahougou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- †Jurodes pygmaeus Yan, Wang, Ponomarenko & Zhang, 2014 Dahougou, China, Callovian
- †Jurodes shartegiensis Yan 2014, Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Tithonian
References
[edit]- ↑ Yan, Evgeny V.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G.; Zhang, Haichun (2014). "The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 25 (1): 214–225. Bibcode:2014GondR..25..214Y. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002.