†Oryctoantiquus Ratcliffe and Smith 2005 (rhinoceras beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: B. C. Ratcliffe and D. M. Smith. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Oryctoantiquus borealis, new genus and species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the world's oldest fossil dynastine and largest fossil scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(1):127-135
Parent taxon: Dynastinae according to B. C. Ratcliffe and D. M. Smith 2005
Sister taxa: Calcitoryctes, Cyclocephala, Ligyrus, Oryctini, Pentodon proserpinae, Pentodontini
Subtaxa: Oryctoantiquus borealis
Type: Oryctoantiquus borealis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3904, West Branch Creek (Eocene of Oregon)
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