Juralithinus gracilidorsum Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 1990 (shield beetle)

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)

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