Magnocoleus Explained

Magnocoleus is an extinct genus of beetles from the Early Cretaceous of China, between 130.0 and 125.45 Mya.^[1] The genus contains a single species, Magnocoleus huangjiapuensis, and is the only member of the family Magnocoleidae in the suborder Archostemata.^{[2] [3]} Magnocoleus was first described by Chinese palaeoentomologist Hong Youchong in 1998, based on fossils of isolated elytra from the Qingshila Formation in Huangjiapu, near the Nantianmen village of Zhangjiakou in Hebei.^[2] Recent phylogenetic analyses have suggested that Magnocoleus is closely related to or placed within either Cupedidae or Ommatidae.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: †Magnocoleus Hong 1998 (beetle) . . 2017-03-23.
2. Hong . Y. . 1998 . zh:河北早白垩世一个新科大鞘甲科———Magnocoleidae fam．nov．（Insecta： Coleoptera） . A new early Cretaceous beetle family — Magnocoleidae fam. n. (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Hebei Province . Geoscience — Journal of Graduate School, China University of Geosciences . 1000-8527 . 12 . 1 . 40–48 . Chinese . http://www.geoscience.net.cn/CN/Y1998/V12/I1/40.
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