Omma

Omma
Temporal range: Rhaetian–Recent
Omma stanleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Omma
Newman, 1839

Omma is a genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae. Omma is an example of a living fossil. The oldest species known, O. liassicum, lived during the final stage of the Triassic (Rhaetian), followed by several other species from Europe and Asia until after O. attenuatum from the Lower Cretaceous (lower Aptian), the genus disappears from the fossil record for the remaining 120 million years until today, with four species endemic in Australia.

Species, temporal and spatial distribution

The following extinct and extant species have been described.[1][2]

References

  1. Ommatidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
  2. Tan, Jingjing; Wang, Yongjie; Ren, Dong; Yang, Xingke (2012). "New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2012 (12): 113. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-113.
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