Crassisorus fractus Nikolajev et al. 2012 (scavenger scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev, B. Wang, and H. Zhang. 2012. A new genus of the family Hybosoridae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Yixian Lower Cretaceous Formation in China. Euroasian Entomological Journal 11:503-506

Belongs to Crassisorus according to Y. Y. Lu et al. 2018

See also Nikolajev et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 154227, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection)

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