†Parathyrea jurassica 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 Parathyrea according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alekseev 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2997/530(600), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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