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Palaeodytes

Palaeodytes

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

  • Palaeodytes baissiensisProkin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
  • Palaeodytes guttaPonomarenko, 1987Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
  • Palaeodytes sibiricusPonomarenko, 1987 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

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