Karatoma raptor Ponomarenko 1977 (false ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

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 Karatoma according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge 2022

See also Ponomarenko 1977 and Ponomarenko 1990

Sister taxon: Karatoma agilis

Type specimen: PIN 3015/362, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Unda (PIN collection 3015), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - small horizon in the Glushkovo Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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