Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2011. New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Vyazniki Locality, terminal Permian of European Russia. Paleontological Journal 45(4):414-422
Belongs to Metrorhynchites according to A. G. Ponomarenko 2011
Sister taxa: Metrorhynchites angustior, Metrorhynchites angustum, Metrorhynchites angustus, Metrorhynchites baculum, Metrorhynchites dilutes, Metrorhynchites dunstani, Metrorhynchites grandis, Metrorhynchites longus, Metrorhynchites putativus, Metrorhynchites sydneiensis
Type specimen: PIN 5103/274, an elytra (right). Its type locality is Balymotikha, Vyazniki (PIN collection 5103), which is in a Changhsingian pond claystone in the Vyazniki Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Balymotikha, Vyazniki (PIN collection 5103)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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