†Chelonarium dominicanum Poinar and Háva 2021 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chelonariidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and J. Háva. 2021. The first representative of the beetle family Chelonariidae in Dominican amber. Palaeodiversity 14:1-4
Belongs to Chelonarium according to G. Poinar and J. Háva 2021
Sister taxa: Chelonarium andabata, Chelonarium dingansich
Type specimen: Poinar C-7-403, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
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