Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative combinations: Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) punctatus, Protoscarabaeus punctatus
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1986. Beetles. Scarabaeida (=Coleoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:84-105
Belongs to Antemnacrassa according to J. C. Neita-Moreno et al. 2019
See also Krell 2000, Nikolajev 1992, Nikolajev 2004, Nikolajev 2007 and Ponomarenko 1986
Sister taxa: Antemnacrassa albomaculata, Antemnacrassa albosulcata, Antemnacrassa geminata, Antemnacrassa incerta, Antemnacrassa kazakhstanica, Antemnacrassa latitibialis, Antemnacrassa maculata, Antemnacrassa magna, Antemnacrassa monreali, Antemnacrassa nebulosa, Antemnacrassa nigrimontana, Antemnacrassa picturata, Antemnacrassa sulcata, Antemnacrassa vitimensis
Type specimen: PIN 3149/978, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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