Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis

Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day Mongolia during the Lower Cretaceous, approximately 112 million years ago, making it the earliest preserved species of the subfamily Omorginae.[1] C. ikhbogdensis is the sole species of the genus Cretomorgus.[2]

Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Trogidae
Subfamily:
Omorginae
Genus:
†Cretomorgus
Species:
†Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis

Nikolajev, 2007

References
  1. Nikolajev, G. V. (2009-01-01). "A new genus and species of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 5 (2): 179–182. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-179-182.
  2. "Omorginae". BioLib.


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