Palaeodytes

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Oxfordian|Aptian}}

| taxon = Palaeodytes

| authority = Ponomarenko, 1987

}}

Palaeodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:{{cite journal|last1=Ponomarenko|first1=A.G.|last2=Coram|first2=R.A.|last3=Jarzembowski|first3=E.A.|year=2005|title=New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=26|issue=2|pages=277–281|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2004.12.002|bibcode=2005CrRes..26..277P |url=https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/ponomarenko_new_beetles_purbeck_05.pdf}}{{cite journal|last1=Prokin|first1=A.A.|last2=Petrov|first2=P.N.|last3=Wang|first3=B.|last4=Ponomarenko|first4=A.G.|year=2013|title=New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3666|issue=2|pages=137–159|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2|url=https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/Prokin_Petrov_Wang_Ponomarenko_2013_Mesozoic_Liadytidae_Dytiscidae_z03666p159p594.pdf}}

• Palaeodytes baissiensis Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• Palaeodytes gutta Ponomarenko, 1987 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
• Palaeodytes sibiricus Ponomarenko, 1987 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

The species "Palaeodytes" incompletus Ponomarenko, Coram & Jarzembowski, 2005 – described from Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) – does not belong in Palaeodytes, but to an undescribed genus.