Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Full reference: J. J. Tan, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2007. New ommatids of Ommatinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Progress in Natural Science 17:803-811
Belongs to Cionocoleus according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020
See also Jarzembowski et al. 2013, Tan et al. 2007 and Tan and Ren 2009
Sister taxa: Cionocoleus elizabethae, Cionocoleus jepsoni, Cionocoleus longicapitis, Cionocoleus magicus, Cionocoleus minimus, Cionocoleus olympicus, Cionocoleus ommamimus, Cionocoleus planiusculus, Cionocoleus punctatus, Cionocoleus sibiricus, Cionocoleus tanae, Cionocoleus watsoni
Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2006007, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, Lingyuan City (CNU collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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