Mesosimplocaria ovalis Ponomarenko 1990 (pill beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1990. Beetles, Scarabaeida, in Pozdne-Mezozoyskie Nasekomye Vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239:39-82

Belongs to Mesosimplocaria according to A. G. Ponomarenko 1990

Sister taxon: Mesosimplocaria parmula

Type specimen: PIN 1742/160, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Turga (PIN collection 1742), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Turga Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Turga (PIN collection 1742)

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