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Trox cretaceus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae

Taxonomy
Trox cretaceus was named by Nikolajev (2007). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/2212, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Trox cretaceus Nikolajev p. 102 fig. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyTrogidaeMacLeay 1819
subfamilyTroginaeMacLeay 1819
genusTrox
speciescretaceus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Trox cretaceus Nikolajev 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available