Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

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

Belongs to Palaeodytes according to A. N. Nilsson 2001

See also Ponomarenko 1987

Sister taxa: Palaeodytes baissiensis, Palaeodytes incompleta, Palaeodytes sibiricus

Type specimen: PIN 2066/2654, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.