Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Alternative combination: Attagenus (Aethriostoma) turonianensis

Full reference: D. Peris and J. Háva. 2016. New species from Late Cretaceous New Jersey amber and stasis in subfamily Attageninae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Journal of Paleontology 90:491-498

Belongs to Megatoma according to A. Ślipiński et al. 2025

See also Peris and Háva 2016

Sister taxa: Megatoma (Megatoma), Megatoma electra

Type specimen: AMNH NJ-719, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)

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