Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: A. Solodovnikov and Y. L. Yue. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Extinct and extant rove beetles meet in the matrix: Early Cretaceous fossils shed light on the evolution of a hyperdiverse insect lineage (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Cladistics
Belongs to Paleothius according to A. Solodovnikov and Y. L. Yue 2013
Sister taxon: Paleothius mckayi
Type specimen: CNU-COL-LB2008172, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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