†Necrophorus pliozaenicus Gersdorf 1969 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: E. Gersdorf. 1969. Käfer (Coleoptera) aus dem Jungtertiär Norddeutschlands. Geologisches Jahrbuch 87:295-332
Belongs to Necrophorus according to E. Gersdorf 1969
Sister taxa: Nicrophorus guttula, Nicrophorus investigator, Nicrophorus marginatus, Nicrophorus nigrita
Type specimen: GZG 10992, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection)
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