†Protognathinus spielbergi Chalumeau and Brochier 2001 (stag beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Full reference: F. Chalumeau and B. Brochier. 2001. Une forme fossile nouvelle de Chiasognathinae: Protognathinus spielbergi (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Lambillionea 101:593-595
Belongs to Protognathinus according to F. Chalumeau and B. Brochier 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)
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