Cretaclopus Nikolajev 2004 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Full reference: G. V. Nikolajev. 2004. Mezozoyskiy etap v evolyutsii podsemeystva Aclopinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Tethys Entomological Research 10:33-46

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to J. C. Neita-Moreno et al. 2019

See also Nikolajev 2004 and Nikolajev 2007

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, 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, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Cretaclopus longipes

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Type: Geotrupoides longipes

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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