Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative combination: Cychrus testeus
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776
Belongs to Neothanes according to S. H. Scudder 1900
See also Scudder 1878 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Neothanes europaeus
Type specimen: 4059, an elytra (pair of elytra). Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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