• DOI:10.1649/0010-065X(2005)059[0127:OBNGAS]2.0.CO;2
Corpus ID: 18230496

Oryctoantiquus borealis, New Genus and Species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the World's Oldest Fossil Dynastine and Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

@inproceedings{Ratcliffe2005OryctoantiquusBN,
  title={Oryctoantiquus borealis, New Genus and Species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the World's Oldest Fossil Dynastine and Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)},
  author={B. Ratcliffe and D. Smith and D. Erwin},
  year={2005}
}

B. Ratcliffe, D. Smith, D. Erwin

Published 2005

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Abstract Oryctoantiquus borealis Ratcliffe and Smith is described as a new genus and new species of fossil dynastine Scarabaeidae from West Branch Creek of the Middle Eocene Clarno Formation (44.6–46.8 Ma) of north-central Oregon, U.S.A. This specimen is the oldest specimen attributable to the subfamily Dynastinae and the largest fossil in the family Scarabaeidae.