Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1910. New fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with notes on some already described. American Journal of Science, Series 4 29:47-51
Belongs to Aphodius according to H. Schmied et al. 2009
See also Wickham 1910, Wickham 1911, Wickham 1912 and Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Aphodius (Acrossus), Aphodius (Agrilinus), Aphodius (Nialus), Aphodius (Plagiogonus), Aphodius aboriginalis, Aphodius anteactus, Aphodius boryslavicus, Aphodius bosniaskii, Aphodius brevipennis, Aphodius carpetanus, Aphodius charauxi, Aphodius conspurcatus, Aphodius cretaceous, Aphodius distinctus, Aphodius fimitarius, Aphodius florissantensis, Aphodius fossor, Aphodius granarioides, Aphodius granarius, Aphodius helvolus, Aphodius holdereri, Aphodius inundatus, Aphodius krantzi, Aphodius mediaevus, Aphodius meyeri, Aphodius plagiatus, Aphodius praeemptor, Aphodius precursor, Aphodius rhinocerontis, Aphodius rufipes, Aphodius ruthenus, Aphodius schlickumi, Aphodius senex, Aphodius shoshonis, Aphodius subater, Aphodius theobaldi, Aphodius vectis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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