†Ancestrimorpha volgensis Alekseev 1994 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alekseev. 1994. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Eurasia. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):9-34
Belongs to Ancestrimorpha according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alekseev 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 1066/1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nizhegorodskaya Oblast, borehole 68, depth 277.5-283.2 m (PIN collection 1066), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nizhegorodskaya Oblast, borehole 68, depth 277.5-283.2 m (PIN collection 1066)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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