Prionocephale Lin 1980 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1980. Fossil insects from the Mesozoic of Zhejiang and Anhui provinces. Division and Correlation of the Mesozoic Volcano-Sedimentary Strata in Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces 211-234

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to S. Tarasov et al. 2016

See also Krell 2000 and Lin 1980

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Prionocephale deplanate

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Type: Prionocephale deplanate

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at ZH163, Hejia, Lanxi City (Cretaceous of China)

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