ammonites
Ademosyne speciosa Riek 1974 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Permosynidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1974. Upper Triassic Insects from the Molteno "Formation", South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 17:19-31

Belongs to Ademosyne according to E. F. Riek 1974

Sister taxa: Ademosyne angusta, Ademosyne arcucciae, Ademosyne australiensis, Ademosyne bacca, Ademosyne cameroni, Ademosyne congener, Ademosyne elliptica, Ademosyne elongatus, Ademosyne hexacostata, Ademosyne kirghizica, Ademosyne llantenesensis, Ademosyne major, Ademosyne minor, Ademosyne obtusa, Ademosyne olliffi, Ademosyne polyzetete, Ademosyne prisca, Ademosyne punctata, Ademosyne punctuada, Ademosyne reducta, Ademosyne rosenfeldi, Ademosyne sibirica, Ademosyne tumida, Ademosyne wianamatiensis, Ademosyne wianamattensis

Type specimen: N-U.U. 1206ab, an elytra. Its type locality is Umkomaas Valley (Umk 111), which is in a Carnian channel shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.

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Average measurements (in mm): elytron 9.50 x 3.00