Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Crowson 1981, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Crassiungula, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae
Subtaxa: Archescarabaeinae Cretocominae Pleocominae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (5 collections), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (5)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences