†Sinoparathyrea bimaculata Pan et al. 2011 (jewel beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: X. X. Pan, H. L. Chang, and D. Ren. 2011. Taxonomic names, in The first fossil buprestids from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 2745:53-62
Belongs to Sinoparathyrea according to X. X. Pan et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Sinoparathyrea gracilenta, Sinoparathyrea robusta
Type specimen: CNU-COL-NN2010408, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection)
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