†Limonius praecursor Wickham 1916 (click beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1916. The fossil Elateridae of Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60(12):493-527
Belongs to Limonius according to R. Kundrata et al. 2021
See also Wickham 1916
Sister taxa: Limonius (Paralimonius), Limonius aboriginalis, Limonius florissantensis, Limonius impunctus, Limonius optabilis, Limonius shoshonis, Limonius volans
Type specimen: MCZ 2730(2731), an exoskeleton. 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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