†Monticupes fentaiensis Ren 1995 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Alternative combination: Tetraphalerus fentaiensis
Full reference: D. Ren. 1995. Insecta. Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas 47-121
Belongs to Monticupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Ren 1995, Soriano and Delclos 2006 and Tan and Ren 2009
Sister taxa: Monticupes curtinervis, Monticupes decorosus, Monticupes surrectus
Type specimen: BL92208/9, an exoskeleton (complete beetle). Its type locality is Chongqing Reservoir, west hills, Beijing, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Lushangfen Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chongqing Reservoir, west hills, Beijing
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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