Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Full reference: Y. Tang, M. Li, Z. Song, H. Xu, H. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, and B. Wang. 2024. A new Early Cretaceous ommatine beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata) from Inner Mongolia, China. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 135:528-532
Belongs to Brochocoleus according to Y. Tang et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Brochocoleus alatus, Brochocoleus cossyphus, Brochocoleus keenani, Brochocoleus maculatus, Brochocoleus maximus, Brochocoleus planus, Brochocoleus punctatus, Brochocoleus rostratus, Brochocoleus sacheonensis, Brochocoleus tobini
Type specimen: NHMS0020, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Tsagaan-Ovoo Town, Sonid Left Banner, which is in an Albian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Damoguaihe Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tsagaan-Ovoo Town, Sonid Left Banner
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