Insecta - Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae
Alternative combinations: Elater grossus, Malmelater grossus
Full reference: H. Weyenbergh. 1869. Sur les Insectes fossiles du Calcaire Lithographique de la Bavière, qui se trouvent au Musée Teyler. Archives de Musée Teyler 2:1-48
Belongs to Malmelater according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1985
See also Handlirsch 1906 and Weyenbergh 1869
Sister taxa: Malmelater costeri, Malmelater priscus, Malmelater teyleri
Type specimen: TM 6512, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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