Eodromeus mongolicus Ponomarenko 1989 (false ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1989. New Jurassic and Cretaceous ground beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Asia. Paleontological Journal 23(2):47-59

Belongs to Eodromeus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge 2022

See also Ponomarenko 1989

Sister taxa: Eodromeus antiquus, Eodromeus daohugouensis, Eodromeus dissectus, Eodromeus major, Eodromeus robustus, Eodromeus sternalis, Eodromeus sulcatus

Type specimen: PIN 3559/6124, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)

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