| Ceafornotensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Genus: | †
Ceafornotensis Woolley, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| †Ceafornotensis archatiras Woolley, 2016
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Ceafornotensis is an extinct terrestrial genus of beetles in the superfamily Scaraboidea , with only one member, Ceafornotensis archratiras. It is currently extinct globally. Its name is based on the Old English word ceafor( chafer) and Greek word notius (south). [1] [2] [3]
Entomology
The holotype specimen of C. archatiras is BP/2/18654, an exoskeleton as a compressed fossil in a large mudstone in Orapa Diamond Mine near Serowe,Botswana. [4] [1] [5]
Taxonomy
Ceafornotensis contains the following species:
- Ceafornotensis archratiras (based on the two Greek words archaíos (ancient) and kratíras (crater) " in reference to the crater lake origin of the specimen".) [3] [2] [5]
Ecology
The mandible of C. archatiras does not link to any particular diet, and high chance it could an herbivore, scavenger, or fungivore. [3]
References
- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b "Genus Ceafornotensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ a b c Woolley, Chris (2016-06-06). "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". African Invertebrates. 57: 53–66. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8416.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b Woolley, Christopher. "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". Retrieved 23 October 2021.
| Ceafornotensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Genus: | †
Ceafornotensis Woolley, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| †Ceafornotensis archatiras Woolley, 2016
| |
Ceafornotensis is an extinct terrestrial genus of beetles in the superfamily Scaraboidea , with only one member, Ceafornotensis archratiras. It is currently extinct globally. Its name is based on the Old English word ceafor( chafer) and Greek word notius (south). [1] [2] [3]
Entomology
The holotype specimen of C. archatiras is BP/2/18654, an exoskeleton as a compressed fossil in a large mudstone in Orapa Diamond Mine near Serowe,Botswana. [4] [1] [5]
Taxonomy
Ceafornotensis contains the following species:
- Ceafornotensis archratiras (based on the two Greek words archaíos (ancient) and kratíras (crater) " in reference to the crater lake origin of the specimen".) [3] [2] [5]
Ecology
The mandible of C. archatiras does not link to any particular diet, and high chance it could an herbivore, scavenger, or fungivore. [3]
References
- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b "Genus Ceafornotensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ a b c Woolley, Chris (2016-06-06). "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". African Invertebrates. 57: 53–66. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8416.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b Woolley, Christopher. "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". Retrieved 23 October 2021.