Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Alternative combination: Philhydrus primaevus

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Fossil Coleoptera from the Rocky Mountain Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):77-87

Belongs to Enochrus according to M. E. Clapham 2023

See also Scudder 1876, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Enochrus hamiltoni, Enochrus innovatus, Enochrus lapsus, Enochrus pleistocenicus, Enochrus quadripunctatus, Enochrus scudderi, Enochrus striatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll)

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