Palaeodytes

Palaeodytes; Temporal range: Oxfordian–Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Palaeodytes; Ponomarenko, 1987

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

Palaeodytes baissiensis Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Palaeodytes gutta Ponomarenko, 1987 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
Palaeodytes sibiricus Ponomarenko, 1987 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

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

References

↑ Ponomarenko, A.G.; Coram, R.A.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2005). "New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 26 (2): 277–281. Bibcode:2005CrRes..26..277P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2004.12.002.
1 2 Prokin, A.A.; Petrov, P.N.; Wang, B.; Ponomarenko, A.G. (2013). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2.

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[1] Ponomarenko, A.G.; Coram, R.A.; Jarzembowski, E.A. (2005). "New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 26 (2): 277–281. Bibcode:2005CrRes..26..277P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2004.12.002.

[Prokin2013-2] 1 2 Prokin, A.A.; Petrov, P.N.; Wang, B.; Ponomarenko, A.G. (2013). "New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (2): 137–159. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2.