†Byrrhus ottawaensis Scudder 1895 (pill beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, 2. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(1):27-56
Belongs to Byrrhus according to S. H. Scudder 1900
See also Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Byrrhus domesticus, Byrrhus exanimatus, Byrrhus eximius, Byrrhus lucae, Byrrhus oeningensis, Byrrhus pilula, Byrrhus pustulatus, Byrrhus romingeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Green's Creek, Gloucester, which is in a Pleistocene marginal marine shale in Canada
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Green's Creek, Gloucester
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