Ceafornotensis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]The mandible of C. archatiras does not link to any particular diet, and high chance it could an herbivore, scavenger, or fungivore.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.