Cretodytes incertus Prokin et al. 2013 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Full reference: A. A. Prokin, P. N. Petrov, B. Wang and A. G. Ponomarenko. 2013. New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3666:137-159

Belongs to Cretodytes according to A. A. Prokin et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Cretodytes latipes

Type specimen: PIN 4626/628, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Chernovskie Kopi (PIN collection 4626), which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Doronino Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Chernovskie Kopi (PIN collection 4626)

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