Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Alternative combination: Isotrilophus rasnitsyni

Full reference: V. K. Odnosum and E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. The first Eocene tumbling beetle of the genus Isotrilophus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from the Green River Formation (Colorado, United States). Paleontological Journal 50:609-611

Belongs to Petrimordella according to J. Batelka et al. 2023

See also Odnosum and Perkovsky 2016

Sister taxa: Petrimordella indata, Petrimordella inundata, Petrimordella lapidicola, Petrimordella nearctica, Petrimordella nigrapilosa, Petrimordella oligocenica, Petrimordella priscula, Petrimordella protogaea, Petrimordella scudderiana, Petrimordella smithiana, Petrimordella stygia

Type specimen: PIN 4621/414, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Anvil Points (PIN collection 4621), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Anvil Points (PIN collection 4621)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.