Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative combination: Proteroscarabaeus baissensis
Full reference: L. M. Nikritin. 1977. Infraorder Scarabaeiformia, in Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:119-130
Belongs to Lithoscarabaeus according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007
See also Hong and Wang 1990, Krell 2000, Nikolajev 1992 and Nikritin 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 1668/1830, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1668), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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