†Calicovatellus petrodytes Miller and Lubkin 2001 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: K. B. Miller and S. H. Lubkin. 2001. Calicovatellus petrodytes, a new genus and species of primitive vatelline diving beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Vatellini) from the Miocene Barstow Formation, southern California, USA. Journal of Paleontology 75:890-894
Belongs to Calicovatellus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Miller and Lubkin 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 510565, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mule Canyon, 50 m from road, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Barstow Formation of California.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mule Canyon, 50 m from road
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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