ammonites
Carabites eocenicus Cockerell 1921 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Belongs to Carabites according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: Carabites anthracinus, Carabites arapahoensis, Carabites creta, Carabites dubius, Carabites ellipticus, Carabites exanimus, Carabites gardneri, Carabites geinitzi, Carabites harringtoni, Carabites kincaidi, Carabites scoticus, Carabites vitimensis

Type specimen: USNM 66577, an elytra (pair of elytron). Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

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Average measurements (in mm): elytron 9.00 x 3.00