†Cretorabus capitatus Ponomarenko 1977 (ground beetle)
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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 Cretorabus according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: Cretarabus medius, Cretorabus latus, Cretorabus orientalis, Cretorabus ovalis, Cretorabus rasnitsyni, Cretorabus sulcatus
Type specimen: PIN 3064/862, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064)
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