†Platydracus breviantennatus Cai et al. 2014 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai, A. F. Newton, D. Y. Huang and L. Tang. 2014. A new species of Platydracus Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from the upper Eocene Florissant beds, Colorado, USA. Palaeoworld 23:321-326
Belongs to Platydracus according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM IP 035006, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (YPM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (YPM Collection)
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