Prototrox
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Subfamily: | †Prototroginae
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Genus: | †Prototrox
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Species: | †Prototrox transbaikalicus Nikolajev, 2000
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Prototrox transbaikalicus is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day regions of Mongolia and Transbaikalia during the Lower Cretaceous. P. transbaikalicus is the only species of both the genus Prototrox and the subfamily Prototroginae.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nikolajev, G. V. (2000). "A New Subfamily of Lamellicorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia, and Its Position within the Superfamily" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 34 (4): 63–66.
- ^ "Prototrox". Animal Diversity Web.