Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesocinetidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1986. Beetles. Scarabaeida (=Coleoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:84-105
Belongs to Mesocinetus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. G. Ponomarenko 2010
See also Ponomarenko 1986
Sister taxa: Mesocinetus aequalis, Mesocinetus angustitibialis, Mesocinetus elumbis, Mesocinetus ovatus, Mesocinetus subjectus
Type specimen: PIN 3149/1028, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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