ammonites
†Cretoelaterium kazanovense Alexeev 2008 (click beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

holotype PIN, no. 3693/1: (3a) obverse impression of ventral side, × 6.7; (3b) same without abdomen, with reverse impression of part of elytra, ×6.8

Full reference: A. V. Alexeev. 2008. New Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and Similar Beetles from the Cretaceous and Early Paleogene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 42:53-59

Belongs to Cretoelaterium according to A. V. Alexeev 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3693/1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kazanovo railway station locality (PIN collection 3693), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial horizon in the Mirsanovo Formation of the Russian Federation.

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Average measurements (in mm): body 10.4 x 3.4, elytron 7.60 x 1.80