Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1914. Twenty new Coleoptera from the Florissant Shales. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 40:257-270
Belongs to Aphodius according to H. F. 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 krantzi, Aphodius laminicola, 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 Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant
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