Cretosaja jinjuensis Sohn and Nam 2021 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: J. C. Sohn and G. S. Nam. 2021. New fossil genus and species of carrion beetle (Coleoptera, Silphidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation, South Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 24:584-587

Belongs to Cretosaja according to J. C. Sohn and G. S. Nam 2021

Sister taxon: Cretosaja thayerae

Type specimen: GNUE-I-2013003, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Jeongchon Mountain, Jeongchon City, Jinju, which is in an Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Jinju Formation of South Korea.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Jeongchon Mountain, Jeongchon City, Jinju

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