MESOCERATOCANTHUS FOSSILS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF CHINA REINTERPRETED AS THE EARLIEST PASSALOIDS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA)

Li, YD; Tihelka, E; Marshall, CJ; Maddison, DR; Ba, M; Huang, DY; Cai, CY

Li, YD (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China.;Li, YD (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China.;Li, YD (通讯作者),Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg,Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TQ, Avon, England.

AMEGHINIANA, 2022; 59 (3): 201

Abstract

The scarabaeoid beetle Mesoceratocanthus from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation was originally placed in the extant tribe Ivieolini (Hybosoridae).......

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