Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1917. Some fossil beetles from the Sangamon peat. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 44:137-145
Belongs to Platynus according to H. F. Wickham 1917
Sister taxa: Platynus (Batenus), Platynus caesus, Platynus calvini, Platynus casus, Platynus desuetus, Platynus dilapidatus, Platynus dissipatus, Platynus exterminatus, Platynus florissantensis, Platynus funebris, Platynus halli, Platynus harttii, Platynus hindei, Platynus insculptipennis, Platynus interglacialis, Platynus interitus, Platynus longaevus, Platynus pleistocenicus, Platynus senex, Platynus tartareus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sangamon river near Mahomet, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial peat in Illinois
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sangamon river near Mahomet
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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