Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Alternative combination: Obitiscarabaeus jiaoyanshanense

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8:1-15

Belongs to Geotrupes according to J. F. Zhang 1989

See also Hong 1984

Sister taxa: Geotrupes atavus, Geotrupes germari, Geotrupes messelensis, Geotrupes rottensis, Geotrupes vetustus

Type specimen: 79114/5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum)

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