Mesydra elongata Ponomarenko 1977 (scarab beetle)

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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