†Protohybosorus grandissimus Nikolajev 2010 (scavenger scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2010. On the Mesozoic taxa of scarabaeoid beetles of the Family Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Paleontological Journal 44(6):649-653
Belongs to Protohybosorus according to Y. Y. Lu et al. 2018
See also Nikolajev 2010
Sister taxa: Protohybosorus karatavicus, Protohybosorus mesoasiaticus
Type specimen: PIN 2335/25, an exoskeleton (anterior portion of beetle). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2335), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2335)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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