Baissogyrus
Appearance
Baissogyrus savilovi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Gyrinidae |
Subfamily: | Heterogyrinae |
Genus: | †Baissogyrus Ponomarenko, 1973 |
Species: | †B. savilovi
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Binomial name | |
†Baissogyrus savilovi Ponomarenko, 1973
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Baissogyrus savilovi is an extinct species of fossil beetle in the family Gyrinidae, the only species in the genus Baissogyrus.[1] It is named after the Baissa locality of the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Zaza Formation, in Buryatia, Russia, where it was found.
References
[edit]- ^ Gyrinidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.