†Dicercoptera longipennis Alekseev 1994 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Alternative combination: Dicercomorpha longipennis
Full reference: A. V. Alekseev. 1994. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Eurasia. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):9-34
Belongs to Dicercoptera according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alekseev 1994 and Alexeev 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3559/2250, 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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