†Paleas maculipennis Alekseev 1993 (jewel beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Full reference: A. V. Alekseev. 1993. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Eurasia . Paleontological Journal 27(1A):9-34
Belongs to Paleas according to A. V. Alekseev 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3559/5767, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Average measurements (in mm): body 10.0 x 4.2, elytron length 7.30