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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Sphaeriusidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerius |
| Species: | †S. martini
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| †Sphaerius martini Li and Cai, 20232
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Sphaerius martini is an extinct species of beetle in the family Sphaeriusidae that lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.12 The holotype measures about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) in length and 0.44 mm (0.017 in) in width.2
Distribution
Sphaerius martini is known from fossilised specimens found in Burmese amber.12
References
References
- "†Sphaerius martini Li and Cai 2023". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- Li, Yan-Da; Ślipiński, Adam; Huang, Di-Ying & Cai, Chen-Yang (11 January 2023). "New fossils of Sphaeriusidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber revealed by confocal microscopy (Coleoptera: Myxophaga)". Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. Bibcode:2023FrEaS..10.1573L. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.901573. hdl:1983/7b35671d-c28b-4818-8679-f178168f9650.