Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae
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 Karadromeus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge 2022
See also Ponomarenko 1986
Sister taxa: Karadromeus capitatus, Karadromeus elongatus, Karadromeus gobiensis, Karadromeus latus, Karadromeus mongolicus, Karadromeus rostratus, Karadromeus verrucosus
Type specimen: PIN 3149/991, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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