| Aerobius Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
| |
|---|---|
.png)
| |
| Holotype specimen under various imaging techniques | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachela |
| Superfamily: | Hypsibioidea |
| Genus: | †Aerobius Mapalo, Wolfe & Ortega-Hernández, 2024 |
| Species: | †A. dactylus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Aerobius dactylus Mapalo, Wolfe & Ortega-Hernández, 2024
| |
Aerobius is a genus of extinct tardigrades ("water bears") of the superfamily Hypsibioidea. The genus contains a single species, A. dactylus, known from a single individual preserved in amber. The Aerobius holotype is preserved in the same piece of Late Cretaceous amber as Beorn, another extinct tardigrade. The specimen was found near Cedar Lake in Manitoba, Canada.