†Wuhua jurassica Wang and Zhang 2011 (tumbling flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae
Full reference: B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2011. The Oldest Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of Paleontology 85(2):266-270
Belongs to Wuhua according to J. Batelka et al. 2018
See also Wang and Zhang 2011
Sister taxon: Wuhua peregrina
Type specimen: NIGP 149548, an exoskeleton (nearly complete beetle). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
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