†Paraspercheus vitimensis Ponomarenko 1977 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
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 Paraspercheus according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1977
Sister taxon: Paraspercheus asiaticus
Type specimen: PIN 3064/1071, 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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