Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2014. Coleoptera, in Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte Shar Teg, southwestern Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 48:1658-1671
Belongs to Timarchopsis according to A. G. Ponomarenko 2014
Sister taxa: Timarchopsis aquaticus, Timarchopsis cyrenaicus, Timarchopsis czekanowskii, Timarchopsis gigas, Timarchopsis gobiensis, Timarchopsis latus, Timarchopsis mongolicus, Timarchopsis sainshandensis
Type specimen: PIN 2470/947, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 423/6 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Mongolia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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