Paraodontomma

{{Short description|Extinct genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Cenomanian}}

| image = Paraodontomma szwedoi.jpg

| image_caption = P. szwedoi

| image2 = Paraodontomma leptocristatum.jpg

| image2_caption = P. leptocristatum

| taxon = Paraodontomma

| authority = Yamamoto, 2017

| species =

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *†Paraodontomma burmiticum Yamamoto 2017

  • Paraodontomma leptocristatum Li, Yamamoto & Cai in Li et al., 2021
  • Paraodontomma szwedoi Jarzembowski et al. 2018

}}

Paraodontomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle, it is known from three species, P. burmiticum described in 2017,{{Cite journal|last=Yamamoto|first=Shûhei|date=August 2017|title=A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=76|pages=34–39|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008|issn=0195-6671|url-access=subscription}} P. szwedoi described in 2018.{{Cite journal|last1=Jarzembowski|first1=Edmund A.|last2=Wang|first2=Bo|last3=Zheng|first3=Daran|date=December 2018|title=A new serrated archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.013|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=92|pages=26–30|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.013|s2cid=219884082|issn=0195-6671|url-access=subscription}} and P. leptocristatum in 2021.{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Yan-Da|last2=Yamamoto|first2=Shûhei|last3=Huang|first3=Di-Ying|last4=Cai|first4=Chen-Yang|date=2021-06-04|title=New species of Paraodontomma from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with muscle tissue preservation (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)|url=https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/183216|journal=Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia|volume=61|pages=e20216153|doi=10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.53|issn=1807-0205|doi-access=free}} All 3 species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.

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Category:Burmese amber

Category:Ommatidae

Category:Prehistoric insect genera

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