†Cretothyrea optanda Alexeev 1996 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1996. Buprestid beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of CIS. Paleontological Journal 30:559-565
Belongs to Cretothyrea according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Alexeev 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2385/1235, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pad Semen (PIN collection 2385), which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Argun Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pad Semen (PIN collection 2385)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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