Palaeodytes
| Palaeodytes Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Palaeodytes Ponomarenko, 1987 |
Palaeodytes is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:
- Palaeodytes baissiensis Prokin, Petrov, Wang & Ponomarenko, 2013 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Palaeodytes gutta Ponomarenko, 1987 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
- Palaeodytes sibiricus Ponomarenko, 1987 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
The species "Palaeodytes" incompletus Ponomarenko, Coram & Jarzembowski, 2005 – described from Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) – does not belong in Palaeodytes, but to an undescribed genus.