ammonites
Mesostigmodera typica Etheridge Jr. and Olliff 1890 (jewel beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. and A. S. Olliff. 1890. The Mesozoic and Tertiary insects of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 7:1-12

Belongs to Mesostigmodera according to R. J. Tillyard 1916

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSQIS5, an elytra. Its type locality is Denmark Hill, Bed H (Simmonds collection), which is in a Carnian lacustrine siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

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Average measurements (in mm): elytron 15.0 x 4.8