Anagyrinus

Anagyrinus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Gyrinidae
Genus: Anagyrinus
Handlirsch, 1906
Species:
A. atavus
Binomial name
Anagyrinus atavus
(Heer, 1865)

Anagyrinus atavus is an extinct species of fossil beetle in the family Gyrinidae, the only species in the genus Anagyrinus.[1] It is known from the Hettangian aged Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland

References

  1. ^ Gyrinidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.