†Chauliognathus pristinus Scudder 1876 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
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 Chauliognathus according to F. Fanti 2017
See also Fanti 2017, Scudder 1876, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1900 and Wickham 1913
Sister taxon: Chauliognathus koonwarra
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Castello's Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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