Prototrox
Species of beetles
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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]
| Prototrox | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | †Prototroginae Nikolajev, 2000 |
| Genus: | †Prototrox Nikolajev, 2000 |
| Species: | †P. transbaikalicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Prototrox transbaikalicus Nikolajev, 2000 | |
