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195 / Mesozoic
Cycad-pollinating Beetle
Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus
Cycad pollen lies beside it in amber, and its jaws bear small specialized pits for transporting pollen.
Structured expansion · editorial review pending
- Time range
- About 99 million years ago
- Final stage
- Mid-Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar
01 / ANSWER FIRST
What was Cycad-pollinating Beetle?
This archive records Cycad-pollinating Beetle under the scientific name Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus, with an age of About 99 million years ago and a range of Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar. Cycad pollen lies beside it in amber, and its jaws bear small specialized pits for transporting pollen.
Cretoparacucujus was a boganiid beetle that likely fed inside male cycad cones, carried pollen and then visited female reproductive structures. It reveals refined beetle–gymnosperm interactions before flowering plants dominated.
02 / QUICK FACTS
Cycad-pollinating Beetle at a glance
- Scientific name
- Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus
- Age
- About 99 million years ago
- Last recorded stage
- Mid-Cretaceous
- Known range
- Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar
- Broad group
- insect
- Archive era
- Mesozoic
- Habitat signals
- Forest
- Documented regions
- Asia
03 / ANATOMY
How was Cycad-pollinating Beetle built?
Overall body plan
Cycad pollen lies beside it in amber, and its jaws bear small specialized pits for transporting pollen.
Exoskeleton and segmentation
The available record is interpreted through preserved proportions, attachment surfaces, wear and comparison with related organisms. For Cycad-pollinating Beetle, those observations must be separated from features added only for visual reconstruction.
Wings and sensory structures
Cretoparacucujus was a boganiid beetle that likely fed inside male cycad cones, carried pollen and then visited female reproductive structures. It reveals refined beetle–gymnosperm interactions before flowering plants dominated.
Growth and individual variation
A single specimen does not define the whole species. Size, maturity, preservation and possible sex differences are considered before anatomical traits are treated as typical of Cycad-pollinating Beetle.
04 / DIET & BEHAVIOUR
How did Cycad-pollinating Beetle live?
Cretoparacucujus was a boganiid beetle that likely fed inside male cycad cones, carried pollen and then visited female reproductive structures. It reveals refined beetle–gymnosperm interactions before flowering plants dominated. This ecological reconstruction is strongest where anatomy, associated organisms and the depositional setting point in the same direction.
05 / DIET & BEHAVIOUR
What shaped its ecological limits?
Its populations depended on vegetation, freshwater margins and atmospheric conditions. Changes in any one factor did not necessarily cause immediate extinction, but interacting pressures could reduce range, recruitment and resilience.
06 / RANGE & HABITAT
Where and when did Cycad-pollinating Beetle live?
This archive currently lists About 99 million years ago; Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar. Fossil or historical occurrence data describe where evidence has been found, not every place the taxon once occupied. Species-level age and range limits still require source-specific review.
Documented geographic range
Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar. This boundary can change when specimens are reidentified or new localities are published.
Time window
About 99 million years ago, with the final recorded stage listed as Mid-Cretaceous. Rock units and dating uncertainty mean the true biological range may extend beyond the known record.
Environmental setting
The archive uses the broad habitat labels Forest. These labels help explore related records; a habitat reconstruction requires evidence from individual localities.
07 / FOSSIL EVIDENCE
What evidence supports reconstructions of Cycad-pollinating Beetle?
Primary record
Myanmar amber preserves the complete beetle, mandibular pollen-carrying structures and abundant monosulcate cycad pollen, directly connecting insect and host plant.
Comparative anatomy
Preserved structures are compared with close and functionally similar organisms. The method can constrain posture and function, but analogy alone cannot prove colour, behaviour or soft tissue.
Age and locality
Stratigraphy and occurrence records place Cycad-pollinating Beetle within About 99 million years ago and Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar. Reworked fossils and uncertain provenance are treated cautiously.
Open entity records
Links below connect the archive to available taxonomic and occurrence records. A matching name does not verify every ecological claim, and related-taxon links provide comparison rather than an exact species match.
08 / DISAPPEARANCE & DEBATE
Why did Cycad-pollinating Beetle disappear?
Later Cretaceous changes in cycad communities and pollination networks ended this species and its particular association.
The last fossil or observation marks the youngest evidence currently known, not necessarily the death of the final individual. Explanations are strongest when timing, environmental change and population biology agree; otherwise the profile preserves uncertainty instead of assigning a single dramatic cause.
09 / FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Cycad-pollinating Beetle FAQ
What was Cycad-pollinating Beetle?
This archive records Cycad-pollinating Beetle under the scientific name Cretoparacucujus cycadophilus, with an age of About 99 million years ago. Cycad pollen lies beside it in amber, and its jaws bear small specialized pits for transporting pollen.
When did Cycad-pollinating Beetle live?
The current archive range is About 99 million years ago; its youngest recorded stage is Mid-Cretaceous.
Where was Cycad-pollinating Beetle found?
The archive currently lists Tropical resin forest · Northern Myanmar. Species-level locality assignments and the full geographic range still require source-specific review.
How do scientists know about Cycad-pollinating Beetle?
Myanmar amber preserves the complete beetle, mandibular pollen-carrying structures and abundant monosulcate cycad pollen, directly connecting insect and host plant.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Completed an AI-assisted bilingual audit of the archive record, corrected identified issues and clarified evidence limits; independent editorial review is pending.
- Expanded into a structured bilingual profile with anatomy, ecology, range, evidence, debate and FAQs; independent editorial review is pending.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS