†Cretotortor zherichini Ponomarenko 1973 (whirligig beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1973. Mesozoic Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae, Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 7(4):499-506
Belongs to Cretotortor according to A. Nel 1989
Sister taxon: Cretotortor archarensis
Type specimen: PIN 2383/215, an exoskeleton. 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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