Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Alternative combination: Mordella priscula

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Fossil insects in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(13):1-15

Belongs to Petrimordella according to J. Batelka et al. 2023

See also Cockerell 1925

Sister taxa: Petrimordella indata, Petrimordella inundata, Petrimordella lapidicola, Petrimordella nearctica, Petrimordella nigrapilosa, Petrimordella oligocenica, Petrimordella protogaea, Petrimordella rasnitsyni, Petrimordella scudderiana, Petrimordella smithiana, Petrimordella stygia

Type specimen: USNM 69183, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Salt Wash, Roan Mountains, station 2, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Salt Wash, Roan Mountains, station 2

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