Cretacoris gurvanicus Popov 1986 (burrowing bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae

Full reference: Y. Popov. 1986. Peloridiina (= Coleorrhyncha) and Cimicina (= Heteroptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:50-83

Belongs to Cretacoris according to Y. Popov 1986

Sister taxon: Cretacoris scutellinus

Type specimen: PIN 3149/842, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)

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