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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)

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  • 1. Systematics Research Collections W-436 Nebraska Hall University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, U.S.A.
  • 2. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History UCB 265, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309, U.S.A.
  • 3. Museum of Paleontology 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. University of California Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.

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Ratcliffe, Brett C., Smith, Dena M., Erwin, Diane (2005): 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). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (1): 127-135, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2005)059[0127:obngas]2.0.co;2

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