Petrimordella
| Petrimordella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Mordellidae |
| Informal group: | †Petrimordella |
| Species: | †Petrimordella
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| Binomial name | |
| †Petrimordella Batelka et al, 2023
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Petrimordella is a collective group of extinct beetle species, in the tumbing flower beetle family Mordellidae. A collective or informal group is a convenient way to classify a group of species that cannot be allocated with confidence to normal genera. Collective groups are treated as genus-group names with special provisions.[1][2]
The species of Petrimordella have been found in the Oligocene of France and Germany, and in the Eocene of Colorado.[1]
Species
[edit]The following species are included in the group Petrimordella.[1]
- †Petrimordella indata Statz 1952
- †Petrimordella inundata Wickham 1914
- †Petrimordella lapidicola Wickham 1909
- †Petrimordella nearctica Wickham 1914
- †Petrimordella nigrapilosa Statz 1952
- †Petrimordella oligocenica Nel 1985
- †Petrimordella priscula Cockerell 1925
- †Petrimordella protogaea Wickham 1914
- †Petrimordella rasnitsyni Odnosum & Perkovsky 2016
- †Petrimordella scudderiana Wickham 1914
- †Petrimordella smithiana Wickham 1913
- †Petrimordella stygia Wickham 1914
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Paleobiology Database, †Petrimordella Batelka et al. 2023 (tumbling flower beetle)". Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ^ "ICZN Glossary". Retrieved 2025-02-28.