Journal
PALAEONTOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 341-353Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01128.x
Keywords
Trachypachidae; Coleoptera; Middle Jurassic; Early Cretaceous; Inner Mongolia; China
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40872015, 41002006, J0930006]
- Major Basic Research Program of China [2012CB821900]
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Four well-preserved beetles, attributed to Eodromeinae within Trachypachidae, are described from the Mesozoic of Inner Mongolia, China. Eodromeus robustus sp. nov., E.daohugouensis sp. nov. and Unda chifengensis sp. nov. are from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou. The diagnostic characters for the two genera are revised, and all species of these genera are keyed. A new genus and species, Sinodromeus liutiaogouensis gen. nov., sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liutiaogou. The current fossil records of Trachypachidae from China are reviewed, and only five species (four described here) can be convincingly attributed to this family. The morphological disparity of Mesozoic Eodromeinae suggests that they evolved a broad spectrum of locomotory lifestyles.
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