Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Carabus according to J. F. Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Carabus (Apotomopterus), Carabus (Archicarabus), Carabus (Aulonocarabus), Carabus (Damaster), Carabus (Hemicarabus), Carabus (Homoeocarabus), Carabus (Megadontus), Carabus (Melancarabus), Carabus (Ohomopterus), Carabus (Tachypus), Carabus (Tanaocarabus), Carabus agassizi, Carabus clathratus, Carabus clatratus, Carabus foveolatus, Carabus granulatus, Carabus hortensis, Carabus jeffersoni, Carabus kollari, Carabus maderae, Carabus maeandroides, Carabus neli, Carabus novalensis, Carabus ovalus, Carabus praearvensis, Carabus vietinghoffii
Type specimen: 840013, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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