Jurabuprestis karatauensis Alexeev 2000 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 2000. On Mesozoic Buprestids (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S323-S326

Belongs to Jurabuprestis according to C. L. Bellamy 2008

See also Alexeev 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2239/1101, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)

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