Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Scientific name Aphodiites protogaeus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Species A. protogaeus Rank Genus | |
Aphodiites is a genus of fossil beetles from the Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Schambelen, (Aargau, Switzerland), and the oldest fossil in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Its affinities are not clear; it was originally placed in the Aphodiinae (Scarabaeidae), but its diagnostic characters are shared by beetles such as Glaresis (Glaresidae).
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