Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: A. Solodovnikov and Y. L. Yue. 2011. Taxonomic names, in The oldest fossil species of the rove beetle subfamily Oxyporinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous (Yixian Formation, China) and its phylogenetic significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Belongs to Oxyporus according to A. Solodovnikov and Y. L. Yue 2011
Sister taxa: Oxyporus blumenbachii, Oxyporus cretaceous, Oxyporus impressus, Oxyporus seuberti, Oxyporus stiriacus, Oxyporus vulcanus
Type specimen: CNU-COL-LB2008087, an exoskeleton (complete beetle). Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection
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