ammonites
Parodarmistus abscissus Scudder 1890 (broad-headed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Alydidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Parodarmistus according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Parodarmistus caducus, Parodarmistus collisus, Parodarmistus defectus, Parodarmistus exanimatus, Parodarmistus inhibitus

Type specimen: MCZ 571, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

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Average measurements (in mm): body 7.25 x 2.20