Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1987. New Mesozoic Water Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) From Asia. Paleontological Journal 21(2):79-92
Parent taxon: Dytiscidae according to A. A. Prokin et al. 2013
See also Nilsson 2001, Ponomarenko 1987 and Ponomarenko et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Agabinae, Angaragabus, Aubehydrinae, Colymbetinae, Copelatinae, Coptotominae, Cretodytes, Cybisterinae, Dytiscinae, Hydroporinae, Laccophilinae, Liadytiscinae, Necticus palustris, Sinoporus
Subtaxa: Palaeodytes baissiensis Palaeodytes gutta Palaeodytes incompleta Palaeodytes sibiricus
Type: Palaeodytes sibiricus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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