Colossocossus giganticus Menon and Heads 2007 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

Full reference: F. Menon and S. W. Heads. 2007. Colossocossus giganticus name. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 288

Belongs to Colossocossus according to F. Menon and S. W. Heads 2007

Sister taxa: Colossocossus bechlyi, Colossocossus loveridgei, Colossocossus rugosa

Type specimen: MfN MB.I 2103, a forewing. Its type locality is Crato (MfNB collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (MfNB collection)

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