†Proteroscarabaeus yeni Grabau 1923 (rain beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae
Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1923. Cretaceous fossils from Shantung. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 5:143-181
Belongs to Proteroscarabaeus according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007
See also Grabau 1923, Hong and Wang 1990 and Nikritin 1977
Sister taxa: Proteroscarabaeus magnus, Proteroscarabaeus nikritini, Proteroscarabaeus robustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 218, 1 li north of Man-Wu, Laiyang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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