Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1939. Poissons, crustacés et insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène du Puy-de-Mur (Auvergne). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences du Nancy 4:77-123
Belongs to Onthophagus according to L. Piton and N. Théobald 1939
Sister taxa: Onthophagus bisontinus, Onthophagus crassus, Onthophagus everestae, Onthophagus fracticornis, Onthophagus janus, Onthophagus lenzii, Onthophagus ovatulus, Onthophagus pilauco, Onthophagus prodromus, Onthophagus statzi, Onthophagus taurus
Type specimen: Rudel 31, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Puy-Saint-Jean
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