Aphodius florissantensis Wickham 1911 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1911. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with descriptions of several new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:53-69

Belongs to Aphodius according to H. F. Wickham 1911

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 fossor, Aphodius granarioides, Aphodius granarius, Aphodius helvolus, Aphodius holdereri, Aphodius inundatus, 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 Florissant, Station 13, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13

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