†Eosilphites Haupt 1950 (primitive carrion beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Agyrtidae
Full reference: H. Haupt. 1950. Die Käfer (Coleoptera) aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales. Geologica 6:1-168
Parent taxon: Agyrtidae according to O. D. Strelnikova et al. 2020
See also Carpenter 1992, Haupt 1950 and Haupt 1956
Sister taxa: Agyrtinae, Mesecanus, Necrophilinae, Ponomarenkia, Prosilpha, Pterolomatinae, Sinosilphia
Subtaxa: Eosilphites decoratus
Type: Eosilphites decoratus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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