Ceafornotensis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Genus: †Ceafornotensis
Woolley, 2016
Type species
†Ceafornotensis archatiras
Woolley, 2016

Ceafornotensis is an extinct terrestrial genus of beetles in the superfamily Scaraboidea , with only one member, Ceafornotensis archratiras. It is currently extinct globally. Its name is based on the Old English word ceafor( chafer) and Greek word notius (south).[1][2][3]

Entomology

The holotype specimen of C. archatiras is BP/2/18654, an exoskeleton as a compressed fossil in a large mudstone in Orapa Diamond Mine near Serowe,Botswana.[4][1][5]

Taxonomy

Ceafornotensis contains the following species:

  • Ceafornotensis archratiras (based on the two Greek words archaíos (ancient) and kratíras (crater) " in reference to the crater lake origin of the specimen".)[3][2][5]

Ecology

The mandible of C. archatiras does not link to any particular diet, and high chance it could an herbivore, scavenger, or fungivore.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  2. 1 2 "Genus Ceafornotensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  3. 1 2 3 Woolley, Chris (2016-06-06). "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". African Invertebrates. 57: 53–66. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8416.
  4. ↑ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  5. 1 2 Woolley, Christopher. "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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