Triamyxa coprolithica Qvarnström et al. 2021 (skiff beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydroscaphidae

Full reference: M. Qvarnström, M. Fikáček, J. V. Wernström, S. Huld, R. G. Beutel, E. Arriaga-Varela, P. E. Ahlberg and G. Niedźwiedzki. 2021. Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. Current Biology 31:3374-381

Belongs to Triamyxa according to A. G. Kirejtshuk et al. 2023

See also Qvarnström et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZPAL AbIII/3520, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Krasiejów locality (upper), which is in a Tuvalian fluvial claystone/mudstone in the Drawno Beds Formation of Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Krasiejów locality (upper)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.