†Trox cretaceus Nikolajev 2007 (hide beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae
Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2007. Mezozoyskiy Etap Evolyutsii Plastinchatousykh (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) 1-222
Belongs to Trox according to G. V. Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Trox antiquus, Trox minutus, Trox sibericus
Type specimen: PIN 3559/2212, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
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