Cretonemonyx longirostris Gratshev and Legalov 2009 (pine flower snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Full reference: V. G. Gratshev and A. A. Legalov. 2009. New taxa of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera) from Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Euroasian Entomological Journal 8:411-416

Belongs to Cretonemonyx according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Gratshev and Legalov 2009, Gratshev and Legalov 2014, Legalov 2010 and Legalov 2012

Sister taxon: Cretonemonyx profligatus

Type specimen: PIN 4210/7259, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 4210, unknown layer), 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 4210, unknown layer)

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