†Sinopeltis amoena Yu et al. 2012 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Lophocateridae
Full reference: Y. L. Yu, R. A. B. Leschen, A., D. Ren, and H. Pang. 2012. The first fossil bark-gnawing beetle from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae). Annales Zoologici 62:245-252
Belongs to Sinopeltis according to J. Kolibáč 2013
See also Yu et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Cervicatinius complanus, Sinopeltis jurassica
Type specimen: CNU-COL-NN2011103, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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