†Cretoquadratus balticus Yamamoto 2019 (ship-timber beetle)
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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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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