†Clypastraea groehni Szawaryn et al. 2023 (minute hooded beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Corylophidae
Full reference: K. Szawaryn, V. Alekseev, and A. Bukejs. 2023. X-ray micro-computed tomography of minute hooded beetles (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) reveals its hidden paleodiversity in the Eocene Baltic amber. Palaeoworld 33:1065-1078
Belongs to Clypastraea according to K. Szawaryn et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Clypastraea primainterpares, Clypastraea venedorum
Type specimen: GPIH 5086, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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