†Cretorabus orientalis Ponomarenko 1989 (ground beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
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 Cretorabus according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1989
Sister taxa: Cretarabus medius, Cretorabus capitatus, Cretorabus latus, Cretorabus ovalis, Cretorabus rasnitsyni, Cretorabus sulcatus
Type specimen: PIN 3965/216, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Khutel-Khara, PIN collection 3965, which is in a Valanginian/Barremian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Tsagaantsav Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Khutel-Khara, PIN collection 3965
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