Cretodascillus Jin et al. 2013 (soft bodied plant beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae

Full reference: Z. Y. Jin, A. Ślipiński, H. Pang and D. Ren. 2013. A new Mesozoic species of soft-bodied plant beetle (Coleoptera: Dascillidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China with a review of fossil Dascillidae. Annales Zoologici 63:501-509

Parent taxon: Dascillinae according to Z. Y. Jin et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Dascillus, Parelateriformius

Subtaxa: Cretodascillus sinensis

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Type: Cretodascillus sinensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of China)

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