Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae
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 Thoracotes according to J. Kolibáč 2013
See also Ponomarenko 1990
Sister taxa: Thoracotes dubius, Thoracotes glaberus, Thoracotes sibiricus
Type specimen: PIN 3063/734, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daya locality (PIN collection 3063), which is in a Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Glushkovo Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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