''Cionocoleus'' is an extinct genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s 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 ...

Species

According to Kirejtshuk, 2020. * ''Cionocoleus cervicalis''

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 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 ...

* ''Cionocoleus elizabethae''

Weald Clay Weald Clay or the Weald Clay Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit underlying areas of South East England, between the North and South Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of ...

, United Kingdom,

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

* ''Cionocoleus jepsoni''

Durlston Formation The Durlston Formation is a geologic formation in England. Particularly in the Isle of Purbeck. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian stage of the Lower Cretaceous. Vertebrate paleobiota Crocodyliformes See also * List of ...

, United Kingdom,

Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/ stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 143.1 ±0.6 Ma and 137.05 ± 0.2 (million years ago) ...

* ''Cionocoleus longicapitis''

La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation The La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, also called as La Pedrera de Meià is an Early Cretaceous ( late Berriasian to early Barremian geologic formation in Catalonia, Spain. The formation crops out in the area of the Montsec in the Organyà Bas ...

, Spain, Barremian * ''Cionocoleus magicus'' Yixian Formation,

Lushangfen Formation The Lushangfen Formation is an Early Cretaceous aged geologic formation in China. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.Weishampel, et al. (20 ...

, China, Aptian * ''Cionocoleus minimus'' Weald Clay Formation, United Kingdom,

Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.6 ± 2 Ma and 125.77 (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Valangi ...

* ''Cionocoleus olympicus'' Yixian Formation, China, Aptian * ''Cionocoleus ommamimus'' Anda-Khuduk Formation, Mongolia, Aptian * ''Cionocoleus planiusculus'' Yixian Formation, China, Aptian * ''Cionocoleus punctatus'' , Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan,

Callovian In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...

/ Oxfordian * ''Cionocoleus sibiricus'' Argun Formation, Russia, Aptian * ''Cionocoleus tanae'' Yixian Formation, China, Aptian * ''Cionocoleus watsoni'' Weald Clay Formation, United Kingdom, Barremian

References

Ommatidae Fossil beetle genera {{paleo-beetle-stub