''Avitortor'' is an extinct, fossil genus of

hide beetle Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera. Trogids range in length from 2 to 20 mm. Thei ...

that lived during the

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. ''Avitortor'' is the only genus of the subfamily Avitortorinae.

Species

*''Avitortor dolichodactylus'' Nikolajev 2007 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 ...

*''Avitortor leptoscelis'' Nikritin 1977

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 *''Avitortor ovalis'' Nikolajev 2007 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian *''Avitortor parallelus'' Nikolajev 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian *''Avitortor primitivus'' Ponomarenko, 1977

References

Trogidae Fossil beetle genera Fossil taxa described in 1977 {{paleo-beetle-stub