†Paleobiphyllus ponomarenkoi Makarov and Perkovsky 2019 (false skin beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Biphyllidae
Full reference: K. V. Makarov and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. Smallest and oldest false skin beetle: Paleobiphyllus ponomarenkoi gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Biphyllidae) from Santonian Taimyr amber, northern Russia. Cretaceous Research 106(104238)
Belongs to Paleobiphyllus according to K. V. Makarov and E. E. Perkovsky 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3311/3318, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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