Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis
Extinct species of beetle
Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Trogidae |
Subfamily: | Omorginae |
Genus: | †Cretomorgus |
Species: | †Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis Nikolajev, 2007 |
Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day Mongolia during the Lower Cretaceous, approximately 112 million years ago, making it the earliest preserved species of the subfamily Omorginae.[1] C. ikhbogdensis is the sole species of the genus Cretomorgus.[2]
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