Tribe Coprini Leach 1815
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative spellings: Coprides, Coprinae
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172
Parent taxon: Scarabaeinae according to S. Tarasov and D. Dimitrov 2016
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Kabakov 1988 and Statz 1952
Sister taxa: Anachalcos, Ateuchini, Canthochilum, Deltochilini, Gymnopleurini, Heliocopris, Metacatharsius, Oniticellini, Onitini, Onthophagini, Onthophagus spitsbergeniensis, Phanaeini, Scarabaeini
Subtaxa: Copris
Type: Copris
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Peru (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Georgia (1), Germany (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Kenya (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence