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 rostratus, Karadromeus verrucosus
Type specimen: PIN 3145/753, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Anda-Khuduk 2 well, Ushgiin-Nur Mountains (PIN collection 3145), which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Anda-Khuduk Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Anda-Khuduk 2 well, Ushgiin-Nur Mountains (PIN collection 3145)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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