†tribe Cretogeotrupini Nikolajev 1996 (earth-boring dung beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae
Alternative spelling: Cretogeotrupinae
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 1996. Lamellicorn beetle species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) with multistriate elytra from the Lower Cretaceous Baisa locality, Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 30:217-224
Parent taxon: Geotrupinae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Krell 2000, Nikolajev 1996 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Enoplotrupini, Geotrupini, Lethrini
Subtaxa: Cretogeotrupes Lithogeotrupes
Type: Cretogeotrupes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence