†Colossocossus bechlyi Menon and Heads 2005 (true bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Full reference: F. Menon and S. W. Heads. 2005. New species of Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 357:1-11
Belongs to Colossocossus according to F. Menon and S. W. Heads 2005
Sister taxa: Colossocossus giganticus, Colossocossus loveridgei, Colossocossus rugosa
Type specimen: SMNS 65548, a forewing. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (SMNS collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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