Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
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 Protorabus according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: Protorabus crassus, Protorabus elongatus, Protorabus kobdoensis, Protorabus magnus, Protorabus minisculus, Protorabus planus, Protorabus polyphlebius, Protorabus tsagensis
Type specimen: PIN 2997/1851, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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