†Ancylochira eocaenica Meunier 1921 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1921. Die Insektenreste aus dem Lutetien von Messel bei Darmstadt. Abhandlungen der Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt 7:2-15
Belongs to Ancylochira according to F. Meunier 1921
See also Kundrata et al. 2021, Tröster 1991 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Ancylochira agilis, Ancylochira metallica
Type specimen: 937, an exoskeleton (complete beetle). Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection)
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