Avitortor leptoscelis Nikritin 1977 (hide beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae

Alternative combination: Geotrupoides leptoscelis

Full reference: L. M. Nikritin. 1977. Infraorder Scarabaeiformia, in Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:119-130

Belongs to Avitortor according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007

See also Krell 2000, Nikolajev 1992 and Nikritin 1977

Sister taxa: Avitortor dolichodactylus, Avitortor ovalis, Avitortor parallelus, Avitortor primitivus

Type specimen: PIN 3064/936, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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