Oryctoantiquus Ratcliffe and Smith 2005 (rhinoceras beetle)

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

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Type: Oryctoantiquus borealis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3904, West Branch Creek (Eocene of Oregon)

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