†Avitortor ovalis Nikolajev 2007 (hide beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2007. Mezozoyskiy Etap Evolyutsii Plastinchatousykh (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) 1-222
Belongs to Avitortor according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Avitortor dolichodactylus, Avitortor leptoscelis, Avitortor parallelus, Avitortor primitivus
Type specimen: PIN 3064/7140, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 15), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl/siltstone in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 15)
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