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Yixianteres

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Yixianteres
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Trogossitidae
Genus: Yixianteres
Yu et. al., 2015
Species:
Y. beipiaoensis
Binomial name
Yixianteres beipiaoensis
Yu et. al., 2015

Yixianteres is an extinct genus of lophocaterine beetle found in China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from the species Y. beipiaoensis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Yali; Ślipiński, Adam; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Ren, Dong; Pang, Hong (March 2015). "New genera and species of bark-gnawing beetles (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Western Liaoning, China". Cretaceous Research. 53: 89–97. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.003. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.