Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1986. Beetles. Scarabaeida (=Coleoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:84-105

Belongs to Tetraphalerus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Ponomarenko 1986

Sister taxa: Tetraphalerus brevis, Tetraphalerus collaris, Tetraphalerus glabratus, Tetraphalerus largicoxa, Tetraphalerus notatus, Tetraphalerus penalveri, Tetraphalerus ponomarenkoi

Type specimen: PIN 3149/967, 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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