Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Full reference: C. Soriano, A. G. Ponomarenko, and X. Delclòs. 2007. Coptoclavid beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: A new feeding strategy in beetles. Palaeontology 50(2):525-536

Belongs to Coptoclavella according to C. Soriano et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Coptoclavella elegans, Coptoclavella jurassica, Coptoclavella minor, Coptoclavella purbeckensis, Coptoclavella striata, Coptoclavella vittata

Type specimen: LC3955, an exoskeleton (disarticulated beetle). Its type locality is La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the la Pedrera de Rubies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.