Paratrox
| Paratrox Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Trogidae |
| Subfamily: | Troginae |
| Genus: | †Paratrox Nikolajev, 2009 |
| Species: | †P. medvedevi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paratrox medvedevi Nikolajev, 2009 | |
Paratrox medvedevi is an extinct, fossil species of hide beetle that lived in modern-day Mongolia around 125 to 113 million years ago, during the Lower Cretaceous. P. medvedevi is the only species of the genus Paratrox.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Nikolajev, G. V. (January 2009). "A new genus and species of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 5 (2): 179–182. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-179-182.
- ↑ "Paratrox". BioLib.