| Cretomorgus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Trogidae |
| Subfamily: | Omorginae |
| Genus: | †Cretomorgus Nikolajev, 2007 |
| Species: | †C. ikhbogdensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis Nikolajev, 2007 | |
Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day Mongolia during the Lower Cretaceous, approximately 112 million years ago, making it the earliest preserved species of the subfamily Omorginae. C. ikhbogdensis is the sole species of the genus Cretomorgus.
References
- Nikolajev, G. V. (2009-01-01). "A new genus and species of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 5 (2): 179–182. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-179-182.
- "Omorginae". BioLib.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis | |
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