†Oligocassida melaena Theobald 1937 (tortoise beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473
Belongs to Oligocassida according to N. Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Nimes. Museum Ni 18, an exoskeleton (body missing head). Its type locality is Les Fumades, which is in an Eocene lacustrine marl in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Les Fumades
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