Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148
Belongs to Platynus according to S. H. Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: Platynus (Batenus), Platynus caesus, Platynus calvini, Platynus casus, Platynus desuetus, Platynus dilapidatus, Platynus dissipatus, Platynus exterminatus, Platynus florissantensis, Platynus funebris, Platynus halli, Platynus harttii, Platynus hindei, Platynus insculptipennis, Platynus interglacialis, Platynus interitus, Platynus longaevus, Platynus pleistocenicus, Platynus senex, Platynus subgelidus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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