†Mesodineutes 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
Parent taxon: Dineutini according to G. T. Gustafson and K. B. Miller 2017
See also Carpenter 1992, Gustafson and Miller 2013 and Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: Dineutina, Dineutus, Miodineutes, Baissogyrus, Mesogyrus, Angarogyrus, Cretotortor, Cretogyrus, Cretodineutus
Subtaxa: Mesodineutes amurensis
Type: Mesodineutes amurensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Arkhara (PIN collection 2055) (Paleocene of Russian Federation)
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