Sphaerius martini
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Sphaeriusidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerius |
| Species: | †S. martini
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| †Sphaerius martini Li et. al., 2023
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Sphaerius martini is an extinct species of beetle in the genus Sphaerius that lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Sphaerius martini is known from fossilised specimens found in Burmese amber.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Li, Yan-Da; Ślipiński, Adam; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (11 January 2023). "New fossils of Sphaeriusidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber revealed by confocal microscopy (Coleoptera: Myxophaga)". Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. Bibcode:2023FrEaS..10.1573L. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.901573. ISSN 2296-6463.