Omma elongatum Brodie 1845

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Alternative combinations: Carabus elongatus, Chalepocarabus elongatus, Omma elongata

Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130

Belongs to Omma according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Brodie 1845, Crowson 1962, Handlirsch 1906, Kirejtshuk et al. 2016 and Ponomarenko 2006

Sister taxa: Omma aberratum, Omma altajense, Omma ancistrodontum, Omma antennatum, Omma avus, Omma brevipes, Omma davidbatteni, Omma daxishanense, Omma delicatum, Omma forte, Omma gobiense, Omma grande, Omma janetae, Omma jurassicum, Omma liassicum, Omma lii, Omma longicolle, Omma manukyani, Omma pilosum, Omma sibiricum, Omma zitteli, Pyrochroophana maior, Pyrochroophana suprajurensis, Pyrochroophana robusta

Type specimen: NHM, IN. 3527, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Teffont, Vale of Wardour (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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