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Archaeocarabus
bowerbanki
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Infraorder |
Family |
Subfamily |
Genus |
Species |
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PALINURA Latreille, 1803 |
PALINUROIDEA Latreille, 1803 |
PALINURIDAE Latreille, 1802 |
ARCHAEOCARABUS M'Coy |
Archaeocarabus bowerbanki M'Coy, 1849 |
| Archaeocarabus
bowerbanki is seldom if ever found complete. The carapace is very thin
and fragile. Sometimes phosphatic nodules are found with just a hint
of the carapace exposed, but it is impossible to prepare as the fossil
is almost always fragmented. |
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Nodule
showing the frontal part of a large specimen
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