Zygadenia giebeli Ponomarenko 2014 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2014. Coleoptera, in Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte Shar Teg, southwestern Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 48:1658-1671

Belongs to Zygadenia according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023

See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 2014 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023

Sister taxa: Zygadenia alexrasnitsyni, Zygadenia angliae, Zygadenia cornigera, Zygadenia floodpagei, Zygadenia handlirschi, Zygadenia liui, Zygadenia martinae, Zygadenia semen, Zygadenia sibirica, Zygadenia simpsoni, Zygadenia sinitzae, Zygadenia tuberculata, Zygadenia westraliensis

Type specimen: PIN 2470/46, an elytra. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 434/2 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 434/2 (PIN collection 4270)

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