Archaeorrhynchus
Extinct genus of beetles
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Archaeorrhynchus is an extinct genus of weevil from the family Nemonychidae. It is known from the Callovian-Oxfordian Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan. The type species, Archaeorrhynchus tenuicornis, was named in 1926.[1] Two other species, A. tenuicornis and A. carpenteri, were described from the same locality.[2][3]
| Archaeorrhynchus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nemonychidae |
| Subfamily: | †Eobelinae |
| Genus: | †Archaeorrhynchus |
| Type species | |
| †Archaeorrhynchus tenuicornis Martynov, 1926 | |
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