''Allophalerus'' is an extinct genus of beetle in the family

Ommatidae The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata. The Ommatidae are considered the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics. There are only seven extant species, confined to Australia and South America. Howev ...

. It is known from nine species formerly included in the genus ''

Tetraphalerus ''Tetraphalerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, It is currently known from two extant species native to South America and several fossil species from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Asia. Systematics According to Kirejtshuk, 20 ...

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Systematics

* †''Allophalerus antiquus'' (Ponomarenko 1964)

Karabastau Formation The Karabastau Formation () is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata date to the Middle to Late Jurassic. It is an important locality for insect fossils that has been studied since ...

, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus aphaleratus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan,

Pliensbachian The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 192.9 ±0.3 Ma and 184.2 ±0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Plie ...

* †''Allophalerus bontsaganensis'' (Ponomarenko 1997) Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia,

Aptian The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...

* †''Allophalerus incertus'' (Ponomarenko 1969)

Dzhil Formation Dzhil may refer to: * Jil, Armenia Jil () is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located near the northern shore of Lake Sevan. Most of the beach in close proximity to the village remains uninhabited w ...

, Kyrgyzstan,

Hettangian The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic Period of the geologic timescale. It spans the time between 201.3 ± 0.2 Ma and 199.3 ± 0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Hettangian follows the Rhaetian (part of the Triass ...

* †''Allophalerus latus'' (Tan et al. 2007)

Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation (; formerly Romanization of Chinese, transcribed as Yihsien Formation or Yixiang Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. I ...

, China, Aptian * †''Allophalerus maximus'' (Ponomarenko 1968) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus okhotensis'' (Ponomarenko 1993) Emanra Formation, Russian Federation,

Turonian The Turonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS' geologic timescale, the second age (geology), age in the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch, or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Upper Cretaceous series (stratigraphy), ...

* †''Allophalerus tenuipes'' (Ponomarenko 1964) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus verrucosus'' (Ponomarenko 1966)

Zaza Formation The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous. The age of the formation is disputed, and is considered likely to be Valanginian-Hauterivian, or Aptian in age. It comprises sandstones, ...

, Russia, Aptian

References

Ommatidae Fossil taxa described in 2020 Fossil beetle genera {{paleo-beetle-stub