Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 2011. New click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Cretaceous of Russia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 45(4):423-431
Belongs to Cryptocoelus according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Alexeev 2011
Sister taxa: Cryptocoelus buffoni, Cryptocoelus dolini, Cryptocoelus gianteus, Cryptocoelus lukashevichae, Cryptocoelus major, Cryptocoelus shcherbakovi, Cryptocoelus sinitshenkovae
Type specimen: PIN 1989/2636, an exoskeleton (complete beetle with part of antennae and without legs). Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1989)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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