Omma antennatum Ponomarenko 1997 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1997. New beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Mesozoic of Mongoloa. Ommatini, Mesocupedini, Priacmini. Paleontological Journal 31:389-399

Belongs to Omma according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Escalona et al. 2020 and Ponomarenko 1997

Sister taxa: Omma aberratum, Omma altajense, Omma ancistrodontum, Omma avus, Omma brevipes, Omma davidbatteni, Omma daxishanense, Omma delicatum, Omma elongatum, Omma forte, Omma gobiense, Omma grande, Omma janetae, Omma jurassicum, Omma liassicum, Omma lii, Omma longicolle, Omma manukyani, Omma pilosum, Omma sibiricum, Omma zitteli, Pyrochroophana maior, Pyrochroophana suprajurensis, Pyrochroophana robusta

Type specimen: PIN 3559/6048, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87/8), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87/8)

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