†Pentodon dorcus Krell 2019 (rhinoceras beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: F. T. Krell. 2019. Taxonomic names, in The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, southern England. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:405-492
Belongs to Pentodon according to F. T. Krell 2019
Sister taxon: Pentodon bellerophon
Type specimen: NHMUK In.17431, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)
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