†Megalymma gigantea Tikhomirova 1980 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: A. L. Tikhomirova. 1980. Rannemelovye zhuki-stafilinidy iz mestonakhozhdeniya Manlaya. Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13:57-58
Belongs to Megalymma according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2016
See also Herman 2001 and Tikhomirova 1980
Sister taxon: Megalymma rohdendorfi
Type specimen: PIN 3568/1914, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Manlay, outcrop I/16 (PIN collection 3568), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in the Mogotuin Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Manlay, outcrop I/16 (PIN collection 3568)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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