Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative combination: Anotylus archaicus
Full reference: Y. L. Yue, G. Makranczy, and D. Ren. 2012. A Mesozoic species of Anotylus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) from Liaoning, China, with the earliest evidence of sexual dimorphism in rove beetles. Journal of Paleontology 86:508-512
Belongs to Pseudanotylus according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2016
See also Cai and Huang 2013 and Yue et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU-COL-LB2008260, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2008 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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