†Karacar contractus Gratshev and Legalov 2011 (weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Full reference: V. G. Gratshev and A. A. Legalov. 2011. New Mesozoic Ithyceridae beetles (Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 45:77-82
Belongs to Karacar according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Gratshev and Legalov 2011, Legalov 2011 and Legalov 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2384/528, an exoskeleton (adult beetle). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2384), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2384)
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