Cretodineutus rotundus gen. et sp. nov., the oldest adult whirligig beetle from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Gyrininae)

Cretodineutus rotundus gen. et sp. nov., the oldest adult whirligig beetle from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Gyrininae)

A fossil whirligig beetle Cretodineutus rotundus gen. et sp. nov. is described from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretodineutus resembles the extant genus Dineutus and is assigned to the subfamily Gyrininae, tribe Dineutini. Cretodineutus is the oldest known adult fossil whirligig beetle of the su...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cretaceous research 2020-02, Vol.106, p.104251, Article 104251
Hauptverfasser: Liang, Zulong, Qi, Zhihao, Chen, Jiahui, Jia, Fenglong
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Burmese amber
Cretaceous
Dineutini
Geology
Gyrinidae
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
New genus
New species
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
Science & Technology
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Zusammenfassung:A fossil whirligig beetle Cretodineutus rotundus gen. et sp. nov. is described from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretodineutus resembles the extant genus Dineutus and is assigned to the subfamily Gyrininae, tribe Dineutini. Cretodineutus is the oldest known adult fossil whirligig beetle of the subfamily Gyrininae. The new species is described in detail, and photographs and illustrations are provided.
ISSN:0195-6671
1095-998X
DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104251