Paleophaedon

Paleophaedon is an extinct genus of chrysomeline leaf beetle described from the late Eocene Rovno amber of Ukraine.[1] It was named by Konstantin Nadein and Evgeny Perkovsky in 2010, and the type species is Paleophaedon minutus.[1]

Paleophaedon
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:
Chrysomelinae
Genus:
Paleophaedon

Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010
Species:
P. minutus
Binomial name
Paleophaedon minutus
Nadein & Perkovsky, 2010

References
  1. Konstantin Nadein, Evgeny Perkovsky (2010). "New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 772–782. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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