Platycrossos mongolicus Ponomarenko 2014 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Permosynidae

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

Belongs to Platycrossos according to A. G. Ponomarenko 2014

Sister taxa: Platycrossos caroli, Platycrossos elongatus, Platycrossos latus, Platycrossos ligulatus, Platycrossos longus, Platycrossos loxonicus, Platycrossos ovum, Platycrossos petalus, Platycrossos punctatus, Platycrossos subtumidus, Platycrossos tumidus

Type specimen: PIN 2470/1323, an elytra. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)

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