†Brevista zherichini Alexeev 1995 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1995. New taxa of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30:310-317
Belongs to Brevista according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alexeev 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3559/2225, 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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