''Avitortor'' is an extinct, fossil genus of

hide beetle Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera. Trogids range in length from 2 to 20 mm. Thei ...

that lived during the

Lower Cretaceous Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eight ...

. ''Avitortor'' is the only genus of the subfamily Avitortorinae.

Species

*''Avitortor dolichodactylus'' Nikolajev 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia,

Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), a ...

*''Avitortor leptoscelis'' Nikritin 1977

Zaza Formation The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous period. It is Aptian in age and consists of Sandstone, sandstones, Siltstone, siltstones, Marl, marls and bituminous Shale, shales, deposi ...

, Russia, Aptian *''Avitortor ovalis'' Nikolajev 2007 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian *''Avitortor parallelus'' Nikolajev 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian *''Avitortor primitivus'' Ponomarenko, 1977

References

Trogidae Fossil taxa described in 1977 {{Trogidae-stub