''Jurodes'' is an extinct genus of

archostemata The Archostemata are the smallest suborder of beetles, consisting of 50 living species in five families and over 200 described fossil species. They are an ancient lineage with a number of primitive characteristics. Antenna (biology), Antennae may ...

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 from the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...

period of Asia. Five species have been described. Along with the extant ''

Sikhotealinia ''Sikhotealinia'' is a genus of beetle containing a single species, ''Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae'', which is the only living representative of the family Jurodidae, with the only other extant fossils of the family having been uncovered in Transbai ...

'', it is one of the two known genera belonging to the family

Jurodidae Jurodidae is a family of beetles that was originally described for the extinct genus '' Jurodes'', known from the Middle-Late Jurassic of Asia. In 1996, a living species, '' Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae,'' was discovered in the Sikhote-Alin mountain ...

Species

* †''Jurodes ignoramus'' Ponomarenko, 1985 Ichetuy Formation,

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its nort ...

, Russia, Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian) * †''Jurodes minor'' Ponomarenko, 1990

Glushkovo Formation Glushkovo () is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Glushkovo, Glushkovsky District, Kursk Oblast, a urban-type settlement, work settlement in Glushkovsky District of Kursk ...

, Zabaykalsky, Russia, Late Jurassic (

Tithonian In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age (geology), age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 149.2 ±0.7 annum, Ma and 143.1 ±0.6 (mi ...

) * †''Jurodes daohugouensis'' Dahougou, China, Middle Jurassic (

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 ...

) * †''Jurodes pygmaeus'' Dahougou, China, Callovian * †''Jurodes shartegiensis'' Yan 2014, Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Tithonian

References

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