Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2000. A new subfamily of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia, and its position within the superfamily. Paleontological Journal 34:426-428
Belongs to Prototrox according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2024
See also Nikolajev 2000 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 2385/1096, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pad Semen (PIN collection 2385), which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Argun Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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