Chimerogyrus

Chimerogyrus gigagalea is a fossil species of beetle in the family Gyrinidae, the only known species in the genus Chimerogyrus.^[1] It is known from a larval form found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar. it was found to be a member of Gyrininae, sister to Dineutini + Orectochilini.

Chimerogyrus Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Gyrinidae
Subfamily:	Gyrininae
Genus:	†Chimerogyrus Gustafson, Michat & Balke, 2020
Species:	†C. gigagalea
Binomial name
†Chimerogyrus gigagalea Gustafson, Michat & Balke, 2020