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Ochodaeidae (sand-loving scarab beetle)
Taxonomy
Ochodaeidae was named by Streubel (1846). It is extant.
It was assigned to Scarabaeoidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Scarabaeoidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Ochodaeidae Streubel p. 960 |
| 1981 | Ochodaeidae Crowson p. 695 |
| 1995 | Ochodaeidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2000 | Ochodaeidae Krell p. 878 |
| 2007 | Ochodaeidae Nikolajev p. 57 |
| 2011 | Ochodaeidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2022 | Ochodaeidae Cai et al. |
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Fm. Ochodaeidae Streubel 1846 [sand-loving scarab beetle]
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Subfm. †Cretochodaeinae Nikolajev 1995
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G. †Cretochodaeus Nikolajev 1995
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†Cretochodaeus mongolicus Nikolajev 1995
†Cretochodaeus striatus Nikolajev 1995
Subfm. Ochodaeinae Streubel 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the MP 30 or 166.10000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Mesochodaeus daohugouensis (113365) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Yixianochodaeus horridus (111712) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Cretochodaeus mongolicus, Cretochodaeus striatus, Lithochodaeus cretaceus (103657) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Geotrupes proaevus (144974) |