Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski, E. V. Yan, B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2013. Brochocolein beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeast China and southern England. Cretaceous Research 44:1-11
Belongs to Brochocoleus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Jarzembowski et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Brochocoleus alatus, Brochocoleus cossyphus, Brochocoleus maculatus, Brochocoleus maximus, Brochocoleus planus, Brochocoleus punctatus, Brochocoleus rostratus, Brochocoleus sacheonensis, Brochocoleus tobini
Type specimen: BMNH II 3060.2, an elytra. Its type locality is Smokejacks Brickworks, which is in a Barremian pond claystone/siltstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Smokejacks Brickworks
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