†Turonelater giganteus Alexeev 2011 (click beetle)
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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 Turonelater according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Alexeev 2011 and Kundrata et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2383/252, a cephalothorax (isolated head without antennae and prothorax without legs). Its type locality is Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383), which is in a Turonian pond mudstone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383)
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