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 elongatus, Karadromeus erensis, Karadromeus gobiensis, Karadromeus latus, Karadromeus mongolicus, Karadromeus rostratus, Karadromeus verrucosus

Type specimen: PIN 3149/302, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 234/13), 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 234/13)

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