Oxycheilopsis is an extinct genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing only one known species, Oxycheilopsis cretacicus .[1] It is known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Santana Formation of Brazil.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | †Oxycheilopsis Cassola & Werner, 2004 |
| Species: | †O. cretacicus
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| †Oxycheilopsis cretacicus Cassola & Werner, 2004
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References
edit- ^ "Oxycheilopsis Cassola & Werner, 2004". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ F. Cassola and K. Werner. 2004. A fossil tiger beetle specimen from the Brazilian Mesozoic: Oxycheilopsis cretacicus n. gen., n. sp. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 94:75-81
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