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 Cionocoleus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Ponomarenko 1997
Sister taxa: Cionocoleus cervicalis, Cionocoleus elizabethae, Cionocoleus jepsoni, Cionocoleus longicapitis, Cionocoleus magicus, Cionocoleus minimus, Cionocoleus olympicus, Cionocoleus planiusculus, Cionocoleus punctatus, Cionocoleus sibiricus, Cionocoleus tanae, Cionocoleus watsoni
Type specimen: PIN 467/74, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Anda-Khuduk (PIN collection 467), which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Anda-Khuduk Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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