†Cratoatractocerus grimaldii Wolf-Schwenninger 2011 (ship-timber beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Lymexylidae
Full reference: K. Wolf-Schwenninger. 2011. The oldest fossil record of Lymexylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42:205-212
Belongs to Cratoatractocerus according to K. Wolf-Schwenninger 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS-66534, an exoskeleton (complete female beetle). Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (SMNS collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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