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Aphodiites protogaeus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaresidae

Taxonomy
Aphodiites protogaeus was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Aphodiites protogaeus Heer p. 90 figs. Pl 8, fig 15
1885Aphodiites protogaeus Scudder p. 794 fig. 1026
1906Aphodiites protogaeus Handlirsch p. 441 figs. Pl XLI fig 18
2000Aphodiites protogaeus Krell p. 874

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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
familyGlaresidae()
genusAphodiites
speciesprotogaeus

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.

Aphodiites protogaeus Heer 1864
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Angulata or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland Aphodiites protogaeus (type locality: 131766)