Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae
Full reference: Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Parelateriformius from the Middle-Late Jurassic of China reinterpreted as the earliest Dascillidae (Coleoptera: Dascilloidea). Palaeoentomology 5:545-568
Belongs to Parelateriformius according to Y. D. Li and C. Y. Cai 2022
Sister taxa: Parelateriformius capitifossus, Parelateriformius communis, Parelateriformius mirabdominis, Parelateriformius villosus
Type specimen: NIGP200728, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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