†Pseudothyrea oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Pseudothyrea according to C. L. Bellamy 2008
See also Handlirsch 1906 and Ponomarenko 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSPG AS I 732, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll)
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