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Norwood site, Norwood, Minnesota, U.S.A.
ca. 12,000 yr. B.P.
(A.C. Ashworth)


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Cerroglossus sp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Pair of elytra (wing covers) in peat.
Rio Caunahue Site, southern Chile.
ca. 10,000 yr. B.P.
(A.C. Ashworth)

Diacheila polita Fald. (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
S.E.M.'s of head, pronotum, and elytra.
Conklin Quarry Site, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.
ca. 18000 yr. B.P.
(D.P. Schwert and A.C. Ashworth)

Listroderes dentipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Median lobes of aedeagi: left is modern, right is fossil.
Fossil is from Rupanco site, southern Chile.
ca. 24,000 yr. B.P.
(A.C. Ashworth)

Anisosticta bitriangularis (Say) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Left elytron
Winter Gulf Site, North Collins, New York, U.S.A.
ca. 12,700 yr. B.P.
(D.P. Schwert)


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