†Mesydra elongata Ponomarenko 1977 (scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
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 Mesydra according to G. V. Nikolajev and A. A. Prokin 2012
See also Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 1989/2983, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1989)
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