Timarchopsis gobiensis Ponomarenko 1987 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1987. New Mesozoic Water Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) From Asia. Paleontological Journal 21(2):79-92

Belongs to Timarchopsis according to C. Soriano et al. 2007

See also Ponomarenko 1987

Sister taxa: Timarchopsis aquaticus, Timarchopsis cyrenaicus, Timarchopsis czekanowskii, Timarchopsis gigas, Timarchopsis latus, Timarchopsis longus, Timarchopsis mongolicus, Timarchopsis sainshandensis

Type specimen: PIN 3688/1178, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Houtiyn-Hotgor Depression (outcrop 296/14), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine shale in the Ulaan-Ereg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Houtiyn-Hotgor Depression (outcrop 296/14)

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