†Juralithinus gracilidorsum Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 1990 (shield beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Peltidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. G. Ponomarenko. 1990. Fossil Beetles of the Peltidae and Nitidulidae Families (Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 24(2):79-90
Belongs to Juralithinus according to J. Kolibáč 2013
See also Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 1990 and Schmied et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2554/624, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2554), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2554)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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