Aphodiites is a genus of fossil beetles from the Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Schambelen (Aargau, Switzerland),[1] and the oldest fossil in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2] Its affinities are not apparent; it was initially placed in the Aphodiinae (Scarabaeidae), but its diagnostic characters are shared by beetles such as Glaresis (Glaresidae).[2]
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| Genus: | †Aphodiites Heer, 1865
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| Species: | †A. protogaeus
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| †Aphodiites protogaeus Heer, 1865
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References
edit- ^ Frank-Thorsten Krell (2006). "Fossil record and evolution of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 60 (sp5): 120–14. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[120:FRAEOS]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Dirk Ahrens (2004). Phylogeny and zoogeography of the Sericini in the Himalayan region (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (Doktor der Naturwissenschaften thesis). Freie Universität Berlin.
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