Cretomorgus
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| Cretomorgus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Trogidae |
| Subfamily: | Omorginae |
| Genus: | †Cretomorgus Nikolajev, 2007 |
| Species: | †C. ikhbogdensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis Nikolajev, 2007
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Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day Mongolia during the Lower Cretaceous, approximately 112 million years ago, making it the earliest preserved species of the subfamily Omorginae.[1] C. ikhbogdensis is the sole species of the genus Cretomorgus.[2]
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