| Anagyrinus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Gyrinidae |
| Genus: | † Anagyrinus Handlirsch, 1906 |
| Species: | †A. atavus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Anagyrinus atavus (Heer, 1865) | |
Anagyrinus atavus is an extinct species of fossil beetle in the family Gyrinidae, the only species in the genus Anagyrinus. [1] It is known from the Hettangian aged Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland