Ceafornotensis Woolley 2016 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera

Full reference: C. Woolley. 2016. The first scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) described from the Mesozoic (Late-Cretaceous) of Africa. African Invertebrates 57:53-66

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to J. C. Neita-Moreno et al. 2019

See also Woolley 2016

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: Ceafornotensis archratiras

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Type: Ceafornotensis archratiras

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute) (Cretaceous of Botswana)

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