Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Fossil Coleoptera from the Rocky Mountain Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):77-87

Belongs to Oxytelus according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2016

See also Herman 2001, Scudder 1876, Scudder 1877, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Oxytelus fulvipes, Oxytelus laqueatus, Oxytelus levis, Oxytelus niger, Oxytelus ominosus, Oxytelus proaevus, Oxytelus subapterus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Chagrin Valley

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