Jurodes

Jurodes; Temporal range: Callovian–Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of J.daohugouensis, paratype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Archostemata
Family:	Jurodidae
Genus:	†Jurodes; Ponomarenko, 1985

Jurodes is an extinct genus of archostematan beetles from the Jurassic period of Asia. Five species have been described. Along with the extant Sikhotealinia, it is one of the two known genera belonging to the family Jurodidae.

Species

†Jurodes ignoramus Ponomarenko, 1985 Ichetuy Formation, Buryatia, Russia, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
†Jurodes minor Ponomarenko, 1990 Glushkovo Formation, Zabaykalsky, Russia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
†Jurodes daohugouensis Yan, Wang, Ponomarenko & Zhang, 2014 Dahougou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
†Jurodes pygmaeus Yan, Wang, Ponomarenko & Zhang, 2014 Dahougou, China, Callovian
†Jurodes shartegiensis Yan, 2014 Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Tithonian

References

↑ Yan, Evgeny V.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G.; Zhang, Haichun (2014). "The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 25 (1): 214–225. Bibcode:2014GondR..25..214Y. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002.

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[Yan2014-1] Yan, Evgeny V.; Wang, Bo; Ponomarenko, Alexander G.; Zhang, Haichun (2014). "The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 25 (1): 214–225. Bibcode:2014GondR..25..214Y. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002.

Jurodes Temporal range: Callovian–Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil of J.daohugouensis, paratype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Archostemata
Family:	Jurodidae
Genus:	†Jurodes Ponomarenko, 1985