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Ochodaeidae (sand-loving scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ochodaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ochodaeidae Streubel p. 960
1981Ochodaeidae Crowson p. 695
1995Ochodaeidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Ochodaeidae Krell p. 878
2007Ochodaeidae Nikolajev p. 57
2011Ochodaeidae Bouchard et al.
2022Ochodaeidae 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
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyOchodaeidae
familyOchodaeidae

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.

Fm. Ochodaeidae Streubel 1846 [sand-loving scarab beetle]
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Subfm. Chaetocanthinae Scholtz 1988
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Tr. Synochodaeini Scholtz 1988
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G. †Yixianochodaeus Nikolajev 2015
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Yixianochodaeus horridus Nikolajev 2015
Subfm. †Cretochodaeinae Nikolajev 1995
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G. †Cretochodaeus Nikolajev 1995
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Cretochodaeus mongolicus Nikolajev 1995
Cretochodaeus striatus Nikolajev 1995
G. †Mioochodaeus Nikolajev 1995
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Mioochodaeus proaevus Germar 1849
G. †Mesochodaeus Nikolajev and Ren 2010
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Mesochodaeus daohugouensis Nikolajev and Ren 2010
Subfm. Ochodaeinae Streubel 1846
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G. †Lithochodaeus Nikolajev 2007
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Lithochodaeus cretaceus Nikolajev 2007
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

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Mesochodaeus daohugouensis (113365)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Yixianochodaeus horridus (111712)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Cretochodaeus mongolicus, Cretochodaeus striatus, Lithochodaeus cretaceus (103657)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Geotrupes proaevus (144974)