Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1977. Suborder Adephaga, Polyphaga Incertae Sedis, Infraorder Staphyliniformia, in Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:17-119
Belongs to Avitortor according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007
See also Nikolajev 1992 and Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: Avitortor dolichodactylus, Avitortor leptoscelis, Avitortor ovalis, Avitortor parallelus
Type specimen: PIN 3064/856, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064)
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