Dung Beetle Molecular Phylogeny (IMAGE)

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Dung Beetle Molecular Phylogeny

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This molecular phylogeny of scarab beetles was dated to provide the first molecular evidence that dung beetles evolved in association with dinosaurs.

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Nicole Gunter [2016] PLOS ONE

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