Family Silphidae Latreille 1807 (carrion beetle)
PaleoDB taxon number: 69281
Parent taxon: Staphylinoidea according to R. P. Webster 2016
Sister taxa: Agyrtidae, Dasyceridae, Empelidae, Hydraenidae, Leiodidae, Ptiliidae, Staphylinidae
Subtaxa: Aclypea, Eusilpha, Heterosilpha, Nicrophorinae, Phosphuga, Silphinae, Xylodrepa
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