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New species of scarabaeoid beetles from the family Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia

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A new species from the family Glaresidae, Cretoglaresis ovalis, sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous site Baisa in Transbaikalia. Improved diagnosis of the genus Cretoglaresis Nikolajev, 2007 is given.

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Original Russian Text © G.V. Nikolajev, 2009, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 4, pp. 66–67.

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Nikolajev, G.V. New species of scarabaeoid beetles from the family Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia. Paleontol. J. 43, 425–427 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109040108

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