†Cretocar luzzii Gratshev and Zherikhin 2000 (weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Caridae
Full reference: V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 2000. The weevils from the Late Cretaceous New Jersey amber (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 241-254
Belongs to Cretocar according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Gratshev and Zherikhin 2000 and Legalov 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-493, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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