†Cretomegatoma atypica Deng et al. 2017
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Alternative combination: Megatoma atypica
Full reference: C. S. Deng, A. Ślipiński, D. Ren and H. Pang. 2017. New Cretaceous carpet beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 76:1-6
Belongs to Cretomegatoma according to J. Háva 2023
See also Deng et al. 2017, Háva 2020 and Háva 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU-COL-MA-0318, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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