Prosolierius

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Prosolierius
Temporal range: Barremian–Albian
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Prosolierius

Thayer et al., 2012
Species
  • Prosolierius tenuicornisThayer et al., 2012
  • Prosolierius crassicornisThayer et al., 2012
  • Prosolierius mixticornisThayer et al., 2012
  • Prosolierius parvusPeris et al., 2014

Prosolierius is an extinct genus of rove beetle which existed in what is now Lebanon, Myanmar and Spain [1] during the Barremian through the Albian period. It was described by Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton and Stylianos Chatzimanolis in 2012. [2]

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References

  1. David Peris, Stylianos Chatzimanolis and Xavier Delclòs (2014). "Diversity of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Early Cretaceous Spanish amber". Cretaceous Research. 48: 85–95. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.11.008.
  2. Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton & Stylianos Chatzimanolis (2012). "Prosolierius, a new mid-Cretaceous genus of Solieriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with three new species from Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research . 34: 124–134. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.010.