Global InformationTyrannasorus rex information
| Tyrannasorus rex Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Genus: | †Tyrannasorus Ratcliffe & Ocampo, 2001 |
| Species: | †T. rex
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| †Tyrannasorus rex Ratcliffe & Ocampo, 2001
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Tyrannasorus rex is an extinct species of hybosorid beetle known to exist in the Miocene epoch and the sole member of the monotypic genus Tyrannasorus. A fossilized example scarabaeoid was found embedded in the amber resin of Hymenaea protera in the Dominican Republic. The species was described by Brett C. Ratcliffe and Federico Carlos Ocampo in 2001.[1]
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