†Moltenocupes townrowi Zeuner 1960 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Triadocupedidae
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1960. A Triassic insect fauna from the Molteno beds of South Africa. XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie, Verhandlungen 1:304-306
Belongs to Moltenocupes according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Riek 1974 and Zeuner 1960
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In 59334, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burnera Water Fall, upper Umkomaas, which is in a Carnian wet floodplain siliciclastic in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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