New Fossil Beetles of the Family Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Jehol Biota of China
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    A new genus with one new species and five new species of genus Amblomma of fossil ommatids are described and illustrated: Euryomma tylodes gen. et sp. nov., Amblomma cyclodonta sp. nov., Amblomma miniscula sp. nov., Amblomma porrecta sp. nov., Amblomma eumeura sp. nov., and Amblomma protensa sp. nov. All of them were collected from the Upper Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. A key to the species of Amblomma is given. The wide epipleural space shows that Euryomma may be a primitive genus in Ommatidae. Many different species of Amblomma occurred within the same sedimentary horizon in this area could be environmental changes caused by frequent volcanic activities during the deposition of the Yixian Formation.

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TAN;Jingjing;REN;Dong;SHIH;Chungkun;GE;Siqin.2006. New Fossil Beetles of the Family Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Jehol Biota of China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),80(4):474-485

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  • Received:September 13,2005
  • Revised:April 14,2006
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