†Cretotortor archarensis Ponomarenko 1977 (whirligig beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1977. Suborder Adephaga, Polyphaga Incertae Sedis, Infraorder Staphyliniformia, in Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:17-119
Belongs to Cretotortor according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxon: Cretotortor zherichini
Type specimen: PIN 2055/75, an elytra. Its type locality is Arkhara (PIN collection 2055), which is in a Danian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Darmakan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Arkhara (PIN collection 2055)
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