Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative spelling: Paussidae
Synonym: Ozaenidae Hope 1838
Parent taxon: Carabidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981, Lawrence and Newton 1995, LeConte 1861, Nagel 1997 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Antemnacrassa, Apotomopterus, Ataktosites, Bembidium, Brachininae, Brachinites, Broscinae, Carabidium, Carabinae, Carabites, Carabites, Carabopteron, Cavicarabus, Celeripedes, Cicindelites, Conjunctiinae, Cratacanthus florissantensis, Elaphrinae, Elaphrotites, Fangshania, Feronites, Fonsecacarabus, Fossores, Gehringiinae, Glenopterus, Hadrocephalus, Harpalinae, Harpalomimes, Hebeicarabus, Lithocantharis, Loricera exita, Loricerinae, Meileyingia, Metagrilium, Migadopinae, Nebriinae, Nebrorabus, Neothanes, Notokistus, Omophroninae, Platyninae, Procarabites, Protopaussinae, Protorabinae, Rhopalochlaenius, Rhysodinae, Scaritinae, Siagoninae, Sinocarabus, Stereocerus, Sunocarabus, Trechinae, Trechoides, Trechus fractus, Tremembecarabus, Wongyekokia, Wuchangicarabus, Yunnanocarabus
Subtaxa: Cerapterites Ozaenini Paussini Paussoides Paussopsis Pleurarthropterus Succinarthropterus
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (10), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 19 collections including 38 occurrences