Platynus florissantensis Wickham 1913 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1913. Fossil Coleoptera from the Wilson Ranch near Florissant, Colorado. Bulletins from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6(4):3-29

Belongs to Platynus according to H. F. Wickham 1913

Sister taxa: Platynus (Batenus), Platynus caesus, Platynus calvini, Platynus casus, Platynus desuetus, Platynus dilapidatus, Platynus dissipatus, Platynus exterminatus, Platynus funebris, Platynus halli, Platynus harttii, Platynus hindei, Platynus insculptipennis, Platynus interglacialis, Platynus interitus, Platynus longaevus, Platynus pleistocenicus, Platynus senex, Platynus subgelidus, Platynus tartareus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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