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]
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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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Entomology
editThe 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
editCeafornotensis contains the following species:
Ecology
editThe 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.