''Libanopsis'' is a genus of extinct
sphinid beetles described from
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
preserved in
Lebanese amber
Lebanese amber is fossilized resin found in Lebanon and southwest Syria. It dates back approximately 130-125 million years to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous. It formed on what was then the northern coast of Gondwana, believed to be a tropica ...
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''Libanopsis'' lived in Lebanon in the Early Cretaceous. The genus contains five species, all discovered in the same year: ''Libanopsis impexa'', ''Libanopsis limosa'', ''Libanopsis poinari'', ''Libanopsis slipinskii'', and ''Libanopsis straminea''.
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References
Sphindidae
Cucujoidea genera
Fossil beetle genera
Barremian life
Fossils of Lebanon
Fossil taxa described in 2015
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