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Geotrupinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Geotrupinae Latreille p. 142
1995Geotrupinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Geotrupinae Krell p. 877
2010Geotrupinae Nikolajev and Ren p. 673
2011Geotrupinae Bouchard et al.
2022Geotrupinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyGeotrupidae()
subfamilyGeotrupinae
subfamilyGeotrupinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Geotrupinae Latreille 1802
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G. Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim 1823
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†Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král 2023
Tr. †Cretogeotrupini Nikolajev 1996
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G. †Cretogeotrupes Nikolajev 1992
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†Cretogeotrupes convexus Nikolajev 1992
†Cretogeotrupes nodusus Hong and Wang 1990
Tr. Geotrupini Latreille 1802
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G. Geotrupes Latreille 1796
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†Geotrupes atavus Oustalet 1874
†Geotrupes germari Heer 1862
†Geotrupes messelensis Meunier 1921
†Geotrupes rottensis Statz 1952
†Geotrupes vetustus Germar 1837
Invalid names: Obitiscarabaeus Hong 1984 [synonym]
G. †Lithogeotrupes Nikolajev 2008
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†Lithogeotrupes confusus Nikolajev 2008
G. †Parageotrupes Nikolajev and Ren 2010
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†Parageotrupes incanus Nikolajev and Ren 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 130.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Parageotrupes incanus (123472)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Geotrupoides nodusus (154887)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Geotrupoides sulcatus (105536) Lithogeotrupes confusus (106103)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Geotrupes messelensis (120036) Geotrupinae indet. (120798)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Geotrupes vetustus (115802)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Geotrupes sp a, Geotrupes sp b, Geotrupes rottensis (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Geotrupes atacus (122487)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Geotrupes atavus (122501)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Obitiscarabaeus jiaoyanshanense (128550)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Geotrupes sp. (130761)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Geotrupes germari (117252)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Geotrupes sp. (153617)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Ceratophyus yatagaii (194482)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Geotrupes sp. (164901)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Geotrupes sp. (165715)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Geotrupes sp. (166082)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Geotrupes sp. (163070)