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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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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]
Aphodiites Temporal range:
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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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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]