Avitortor
Genus of beetles
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Avitortor is an extinct, fossil genus of hide beetle that lived during the Lower Cretaceous. Avitortor is the only genus of the subfamily Avitortorinae.[1]
| Avitortor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Trogidae |
| Subfamily: | †Avitortorinae Nikolajev, 2007 |
| Genus: | †Avitortor Ponomarenko, 1977 |
Species
- †Avitortor dolichodactylus Nikolajev 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- †Avitortor leptoscelis Nikritin 1977 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
- †Avitortor ovalis Nikolajev 2007 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
- †Avitortor parallelus Nikolajev 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- †Avitortor primitivus Ponomarenko, 1977
