Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae
Alternative spelling: Protoscarabaeus
Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1923. Cretaceous fossils from Shantung. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 5:143-181
Parent taxon: Pleocominae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026
See also Grabau 1923, Hong and Wang 1990, Krell 2000, Nikolajev 1992, Nikolajev 1996, Nikolajev 2007, Nikritin 1977, Ping 1928 and Ponomarenko 1986
Sister taxon: Pleocoma
Subtaxa: Proteroscarabaeus magnus Proteroscarabaeus nikritini Proteroscarabaeus robustus Proteroscarabaeus yeni
Type: Proteroscarabaeus yeni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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