Palaeodytes

Palaeodytes Temporal range: Oxfordian–Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Palaeodytes Ponomarenko, 1987

Palaeodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[1][2]

• Palaeodytes baissiensis Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• Palaeodytes gutta Ponomarenko, 1987 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
• Palaeodytes sibiricus Ponomarenko, 1987 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

The species "Palaeodytes" incompletus Ponomarenko, Coram & Jarzembowski, 2005 – described from Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) – does not belong in Palaeodytes, but to an undescribed genus.[2]

References

1. Ponomarenko, A.G.; Coram, R.A.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2005). "New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 26 (2): 277–281. Bibcode:2005CrRes..26..277P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2004.12.002.
2. Prokin, A.A.; Petrov, P.N.; Wang, B.; Ponomarenko, A.G. (2013). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2.