| Eosacantha Temporal range: Middle Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Notosacanthini |
| Genus: | †Eosacantha Chaboo & Engel, 2009 |
| Species: | †E. delocranioides
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eosacantha delocranioides Chaboo & Engel, 2009
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Eosacantha is an extinct genus of tortoise beetle in the family Chrysomelidae and containing a single species Eosacantha delocranioides.[1] The species is known only from the Middle Eocene Parachute Member, part of the Green River Formation, in the Piceance Creek Basin, Garfield County, northwestern Colorado, USA.[1]
- ^ a b Chaboo, C. S.; Engel, M. S. (2009). "Eocene tortoise beetles from the Green River Formation in Colorado, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Systematic Entomology. 34 (2): 202–209. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..202C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00456.x. S2CID 85187506.
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