Coprinisphaeridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Ichnofamilia: †Coprinisphaeridae
Ichnogenera: †Coprinisphaera – †Eatonichnus – †Monesichnus – †Quirogaichnus – †Rebuffoichnus – †Teisseirei

Name

Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004

Type ichnogenus: Coprinisphaera Sauer, 1955.

References

Primary references

• Genise, J.F. 2004. Ichnotaxonomy and ichnostratigraphy of chambered trace fossils in paleosols attributed to coleopterans, ants and termites. In: McIlroy, D. (ed.) The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228: 419–453. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.19 .
• Laza, J.H. 2006. Dung-Beetle Fossil Brood Balls: The Ichnogenera Coprinisphaera Sauer and Quirogaichnus (Coprinisphaeridae). Ichnos 13(4): 217–235. DOI: 10.1080/10420940600843641 .