Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Alternative combination: Palaeocopris labreae

Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1946. Fossil arthropods of California 11. Descriptions of the dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) of the tar pits. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 45:119-131

Belongs to Phanaeus according to S. Tarasov et al. 2016

See also Miller et al. 1981 and Pierce 1946

Sister taxa: Phanaeus antiquus, Phanaeus violetae

Type specimen: LACMIP 3059, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Rancho La Brea, Pit 81 (LACMIP 89), which is in a Rancholabrean tar tar in California.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rancho La Brea, Pit 81 (LACMIP 89)

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