†Placoelytrum tuberculum Lin 1997 (burrowing water beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Noteridae
Full reference: Q. Lin. 1997. Taxonomic names, in Supplementary notes on Early Tertiary insects from Peng Chau, Hong Kong. Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Hong Kong. Vol. 2 82-88
Belongs to Placoelytrum according to Q. Lin 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 129044, an exoskeleton (body). Its type locality is Sample P749, Peng Chau island, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial siltstone in the Ping Chau Formation of Hong Kong.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sample P749, Peng Chau island
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