†Sinomelyris praedecessor Kolibáč and Huang 2019 (soft-winged flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae
Full reference: J. Kolibáč and D. Y. Huang. 2019. New cleroid beetles from the Middle-Late Jurassic of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64:143-155
Belongs to Sinomelyris according to E. Tihelka et al. 2021
See also Kolibáč and Huang 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP168476, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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