†Cretochodaeus mongolicus Nikolajev 1995 (sand-loving scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ochodaeidae
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 1995. Materialy k sistematike podsemeystva Ochodaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 74(8):72-82
Belongs to Cretochodaeus according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007
See also Nikolajev 1995
Sister taxon: Cretochodaeus striatus
Type specimen: PIN 3559/6387, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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