†Pactopus avitus Britton 1960 (beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Throscidae
Full reference: E. B. Britton. 1960. Beetles from the London Clay (Eocene) of Bognor Regis, Sussex. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 4(2):27-50
Belongs to Pactopus according to J. Muona 1993
See also Britton 1960
Sister taxa: Pactopus americanus, Pactopus burmensis, Pactopus fafneri, Pactopus fasolti
Type specimen: BMNH In.49404, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bognor Regis beach, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bognor Regis beach
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