Trox oustaleti is an extinct species of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae described from a fossil found in the Ypresian age Allenby Formation of British Columbia, Canada.[1] Within the genus Trox, it is placed in the core subgenus Trox.[2][3]
| Trox oustaleti Temporal range: Ypresian
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| 1890 illustration of fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Trogidae |
| Subfamily: | Troginae |
| Genus: | Trox |
| Species: | †T. oustaleti
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| Binomial name | |
| †Trox oustaleti Scudder, 1879
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References
edit- ^ Scudder, S. H (1879). "Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia". Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for. 1877–1878: 175–185.
- ^ "Subgenus Trox". BioLib.
- ^ "Trox Fabricius, 1775". IRMNG.