†Mongolobuprestis 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
Parent taxon: Parathyreinae according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alekseev 1994
Sister taxa: Acmaeoderimorpha, Ancestrimorpha, Cretalbiana, Cretocrassisoma, Cretoelegantella, Cretofrontolina, Dicercoptera, Karatausia, Mongoligena, Paleas, Paramongoligena, Parathyrea, Pseudochrysobothris, Pseudomongoligena, Sinoparathyrea, Stigmoderimorpha, Umerata
Subtaxa: Mongolobuprestis gratiosus
Type: Mongolobuprestis gratiosus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)
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