Alternative combinations: Notocupes dundulaensis, Zygadenia dundulaensis
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115
Belongs to Brachilatus according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 1994 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Brachilatus caducus, Brachilatus foersteri, Brachilatus longicoxa, Brachilatus nigrimonticola, Brachilatus oculatus, Brachilatus premeris, Brachilatus spinosus, Brachilatus viridis
Type specimen: PIN 3559/1631, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 45/19), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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