†Potergites senectus Britton 1960 (false click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Eucnemidae
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 Potergites according to J. Muona 1993
See also Britton 1960
Sister taxon: Potergites brittoni
Type specimen: BMNH In.49405, 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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