†Mesodineutes amurensis Ponomarenko 1977 (whirligig beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
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 Mesodineutes according to G. T. Gustafson and K. B. Miller 2017
See also Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2055/74, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Arkhara (PIN collection 2055), which is in a Danian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Darmakan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Arkhara (PIN collection 2055)
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