Nikolay Simov
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-2964; Mario Langourov
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-3420; Vladimir Sakalian
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4172-2555; Vladimir Bozukov
17 March 2021 ·
volume 42 · [
issue 5] · pp. 31–34 ·
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Abstract: The first fossil jewel beetle discovered in Bulgaria is reported from deposits of the Satovcha Basin dated to the Middle Miocene.
Keywords: Balkans, Buprestidae, Miocene, Rhodopes, Satovcha
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