Prototrox transbaikalicus Nikolajev 2000 (scarab beetle)

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 G. V. Nikolajev 2007

See also Nikolajev 2000

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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