†Tetraphalerus largicoxa Lin 1986 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1986. Early Mesozoic fossil insects from South China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 170:1-112
Belongs to Tetraphalerus according to A. G. Ponomarenko et al. 2012
See also Lin 1986
Sister taxa: Tetraphalerus brevis, Tetraphalerus collaris, Tetraphalerus glabratus, Tetraphalerus mongolicus, Tetraphalerus notatus, Tetraphalerus penalveri, Tetraphalerus ponomarenkoi
Type specimen: NIGP 70069, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Guan-50, Guanyintan, Qiyang County, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Guanyintan Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Guan-50, Guanyintan, Qiyang County
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