| Prototrox | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | †Prototroginae Nikolajev, 2000 |
| Genus: | †Prototrox Nikolajev, 2000 |
| Species: | †P. transbaikalicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †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.12
References
References
- 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.