Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776

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

See also Herman 2001, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Bledius arcticus, Bledius faecorum, Bledius glaciatus, Bledius littoralis, Bledius osborni, Bledius primitiarum, Bledius soli, Bledius speciosus, Bledius suturalis, Bledius talpa

Type specimen: 4081, an exoskeleton (no legs or antennae). Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection)

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