†Cretakarenni hispanicus Peris and Delclòs 2015 (root eating beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Full reference: D. Peris and X. Delclòs. 2015. Fossil Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from Laurasian Cretaceous amber. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15:333-342
Belongs to Cretakarenni according to D. Peris and X. Delclòs 2015
Sister taxa: Cretakarenni birmanicus, Cretakarenni shaoi
Type specimen: MCNA-8655, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
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