†Cretihaliplus sidaojingensis Ren et al. 1995 (crawling water beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Haliplidae
Full reference: D. Ren, H. Z. Zhu, and Y. Q. Lu. 1995. New discovery of Early Cretaceous fossil insects from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 1995(4):432-438
Belongs to Cretihaliplus according to D. Ren et al. 1995
Sister taxon: Cretihaliplus chifengensis
Type specimen: GMCB Nch91005, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Chifeng City, southeast area, which is in an Aptian lacustrine shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chifeng City, southeast area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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