# Prototrox

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***Prototrox transbaikalicus*** is an extinct, fossil species of [hide beetle](/source/Hide_beetle) that lived in modern-day regions of Mongolia and [Transbaikalia](/source/Transbaikalia) during the [Lower Cretaceous](/source/Lower_Cretaceous). *P. transbaikalicus* is the only species of both the genus ***Prototrox*** and the subfamily **Prototroginae**.[1][2]

## References

1. 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"](https://www.zin.ru/animalia/Coleoptera/pdf/nikolajev_2000_prototroginae_pj.pdf). *Paleontological Journal*. **34** (4): 63–66.

1. ["Prototrox"](https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Prototrox/classification/#Prototrox). Animal Diversity Web.

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