Gobibrenthorrhinus gigas 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 Gobibrenthorrhinus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 4288/363, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Khutuliyn-Khira (L-48-125) (PIN collection 4288), which is in a Tithonian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ulugei Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Khutuliyn-Khira (L-48-125) (PIN collection 4288)

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