†Mesecanus lintouensis Lin 1985 (primitive carrion beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Agyrtidae
Alternative combination: Mesagyrtes lintouensis
Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1985. Insect Fossils from the Hanshan Formation at Hanshan County, Anhui Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 24(3):300-315
Belongs to Mesecanus according to O. D. Strelnikova et al. 2020
See also Dong et al. 2011, Lin 1985, Newton 1997 and Perkovsky 2001
Sister taxon: Mesecanus communis
Type specimen: 2p43-H26-251, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pengzhuang village, Hanshan County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Hanshan Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pengzhuang village, Hanshan County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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