Ceafornotensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Genus: | †Ceafornotensis Woolley, 2016 |
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| †Ceafornotensis archatiras Woolley, 2016
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Ceafornotensis is an extinct terrestrial genus of beetles in the superfamily Scaraboidea, with only one member, Ceafornotensis archratiras. It is currently extinct globally. Its name is based on the Old English word ceafor( chafer) and Greek word notius (south).[1][2][3]
Entomology
[edit]The holotype specimen of C. archatiras is BP/2/18654, an exoskeleton as a compressed fossil in a large mudstone in Orapa Diamond Mine near Serowe, Botswana.[4][1][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]Ceafornotensis contains the following species:
- Ceafornotensis archratiras (based on the two Greek words archaíos (ancient) and kratíras (crater) " in reference to the crater lake origin of the specimen".)[3][2][5]
Ecology
[edit]The mandible of C. archatiras does not link to any particular diet, and high chance it could an herbivore, scavenger, or fungivore.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b "Genus Ceafornotensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ a b c Woolley, Chris (2016-06-06). "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". African Invertebrates. 57: 53–66. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8416.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ a b Woolley, Christopher. "The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa". Retrieved 23 October 2021.