Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2016. New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Lower Triassic of European Russia. Paleontological Journal 50:286-292
Belongs to Pseudochrysomelites according to A. G. Ponomarenko 2016
Sister taxa: Pseudochrysomelites anser, Pseudochrysomelites bashkuevi, Pseudochrysomelites circumflexus, Pseudochrysomelites convexus, Pseudochrysomelites dilatatus, Pseudochrysomelites dvinensis, Pseudochrysomelites elongatus, Pseudochrysomelites latissimus, Pseudochrysomelites latum, Pseudochrysomelites longus, Pseudochrysomelites major, Pseudochrysomelites medialis, Pseudochrysomelites ovum, Pseudochrysomelites planus, Pseudochrysomelites rothenbachi, Pseudochrysomelites sphenoidalis, Pseudochrysomelites tumidus
Type specimen: PIN 4048/1, an elytra. Its type locality is Tikhvinskoe (PIN collection 4048), which is in an Olenekian delta plain siltstone in the Rybinsk Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tikhvinskoe (PIN collection 4048)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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