†Eurythyreites grandis Deichmüller 1886 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Alternative combination: Eurythyrea grandis
Full reference: J. V. Deichmüller. 1886. Die Insecten aus dem lithographischen Schiefer. Mitteilungen. Koniglichen Mineralogisch-Geologischen und Prehistorischen Museum in Dresden 7:1-84
Belongs to Eurythyreites according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Bellamy 2008, Deichmüller 1886 and Oppenheim 1888
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection)
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