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 Karadromeus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge 2022
See also Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: Karadromeus capitatus, Karadromeus elongatus, Karadromeus erensis, Karadromeus gobiensis, Karadromeus latus, Karadromeus mongolicus, Karadromeus verrucosus
Type specimen: PIN 2904/873, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2904), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2904)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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