''Eurydictyon'' 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 ...

which contains a single species, ''Eurydictyon conspicuum''. ''E. conspicuum'' lived during the

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 ...

stage of the

Early Jurassic The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic� ...

, between 189.6 and 183.0 Ma. It measured 18 x 8 mm in length and is known only from specimens found in

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. ''Eurydictyon'' may be closely related to the genus ''

Notocupes ''Notocupes'' is an extinct genus of medium-sized archostematan beetles from the Mesozoic Era of Eurasia, including over 50 described species. Historically, the genus was classified as a member of the family Ommatidae, but the presence of charact ...

''.

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Archostemata Monotypic Archostemata genera Fossil beetle genera Fossil taxa described in 1969 Monotypic prehistoric insect genera {{paleo-beetle-stub