Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115
Belongs to Brochocoleus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Ponomarenko 1994
Sister taxa: Brochocoleus alatus, Brochocoleus cossyphus, Brochocoleus keenani, Brochocoleus maculatus, Brochocoleus maximus, Brochocoleus punctatus, Brochocoleus rostratus, Brochocoleus sacheonensis, Brochocoleus tobini
Type specimen: PIN 3559/6058, 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:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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