†Pliosilpha strausi Gersdorf 1969 (carrion beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Silphidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 292519
Full reference: E. Gersdorf. 1969. Käfer (Coleoptera) aus dem Jungtertiär Norddeutschlands. Geologisches Jahrbuch 87:295-332
Belongs to Pliosilpha according to E. Gersdorf 1969
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GZG 15027, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology:
Average measurements (in mm): body 11.5 x 5.4