†Cretorabus ovalis 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 orientalis, Cretorabus rasnitsyni, Cretorabus sulcatus
Type specimen: PIN 3559/6125, 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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