Cretoquadratus balticus Yamamoto 2019 (ship-timber beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lymexylidae

Alternative combination: Raractocetus balticus

Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2019. Fossil evidence of elytra reduction in ship-timber beetles. Scientific Reports 9(4938):1-10

Belongs to Cretoquadratus according to Y. D. Li et al. 2022

See also Yamamoto 2019

Sister taxa: Cretoquadratus extinctus, Cretoquadratus fossilis, Cretoquadratus sverlilo

Type specimen: FMNHINS-3965991, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Field Museum FMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Field Museum FMNH coll)

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