Cretomorgus

{{Short description|Extinct species of beetle}}

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| genus = Cretomorgus

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| species = ikhbogdensis

| authority = 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.{{cite journal|last1=Nikolajev|first1=G. V.|date=2009-01-01|title=A new genus and species of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333098792_A_new_genus_and_species_of_the_family_Trogidae_Coleoptera_Scarabaeoidea_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Mongolia|journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin|volume=5|issue=2|language=en|pages=179–182|doi=10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-179-182|doi-access=free}} C. ikhbogdensis is the sole species of the genus Cretomorgus.{{cite web |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1657519/ |title=Omorginae |publisher=BioLib}}

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