†Denaeaspis chelonopsis Chaboo and Engel 2009 (tortoise beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: C. S. Chaboo and M. S. Engel. 2009. Eocene tortoise beetles from the Green River Formation in Colorado, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Systematic Entomology 34:202-209
Belongs to Denaeaspis according to K. S. Nadein 2019
See also Chaboo and Engel 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 58373, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Denson site, locality 42053 (Denson intermediate), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Denson site, locality 42053 (Denson intermediate)
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