†Palaeoendomychus gymnus Zhang 1992 (shield beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Peltidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1992. Fossil Coleoptera from Laiyang, Shandong Province. Acta Entomologica Sinica 35:331-338
Belongs to Palaeoendomychus according to J. Kolibáč 2013
See also Kolibáč and Huang 2008, Schmied et al. 2009 and Zhang 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Shandong Mus L85301/2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)
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