†Ceafornotensis archratiras Woolley 2016 (scarab beetle)
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Full reference: C. Woolley. 2016. The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa. African Invertebrates 57:53-66
Belongs to Ceafornotensis according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2024
See also Neita-Moreno et al. 2019 and Woolley 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BP/2/18654, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
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