†Chlaenius primaevus Piton and Théobald 1939 (ground beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1939. Poissons, crustacés et insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène du Puy-de-Mur (Auvergne). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences du Nancy 4:77-123
Belongs to Chlaenius according to L. Piton and N. Théobald 1939
Sister taxa: Chlaenius (Agostenus), Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus), Chlaenius electrinus, Chlaenius furvus, Chlaenius gebleri, Chlaenius plicatipennis, Chlaenius punctulatus
Type specimen: MNHN-F-R55021, an elytra. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Puy-Saint-Jean
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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