Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko, R. A. Coram, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2005. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 26:277-281
Belongs to Coptoclavella according to A. G. Ponomarenko et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Coptoclavella elegans, Coptoclavella inexpecta, Coptoclavella jurassica, Coptoclavella minor, Coptoclavella striata, Coptoclavella vittata
Type specimen: MNEMG 2003.17, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection)
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