{{clade|style=font-size:85%;line-height:85%
|label1='''Coleoptera''' |sublabel1=''285 mya''
|1={{klade
  |1={{klade
     |label1=''240 mya''
     |1={{klade
        |1=[[Archostemata]] ''160 mya'' (40) [[Fil:Archostemata Tenomerga mucida01 rotated.jpg|80px]]
        |2=[[Myxophaga]] ''220 mya'' (94) [[Fil:Sphaerius.acaroides.Reitter.tafel64.jpg|50px]]
        }}
      |label2=[[Adephaga]] |sublabel2=''200 mya''
      |2={{klade
           |1=[[Hydradephaga]] (5.560) f.eks. [[Dytiscidae]] ([[vandkalve]]) [[Fil:Dytiscus marginalis Linné, 1758 female.jpg|70px]]
           |2=[[Geadephaga]] ('''35.000''') f.eks. [[Carabidae]] ([[løbebiller]]) [[Fil:Carabus auratus 1 (US).jpg|70px]]
         }}
       }}
        |label2=[[Polyphaga]] |sublabel2=''225 mya''
        |2={{klade
           |1=[[Scirtoidea]] (800) + [[Derodontoidea]] (29) ''200 mya'' [[Fil:Clambus punctulum (Beck, 1817) (12924039694).png|60px]]
           |2={{klade
              |1={{klade
                 |1=[[Staphylinidae]] ''195 mya'' ('''48.000''', [[rovbiller]]) [[Fil:Cordalia tsavoana Pace, 2008 (2912937616).jpg|70px]]
                 |2={{klade
                    |1=[[Scarabaeoidea]] ''145 mya'' ('''35.000''', [[torbister]], [[hjortebiller]] osv.) [[Fil:Mimela_splendens_left_facing.jpg|70px]]
                    |2={{klade
                       |1=[[Hydrophiloidea]] (2.800) [[Fil:Hydrophilus piceus (Linné, 1758) female (4035156238).jpg|70px]]
                       |2=[[Histeroidea]] (3.800) [[Fil:Hister quadrimaculatus MHNT Fronton Blanc.jpg|60px]]
                       }}
                    }}
                 }}
              |2={{klade
                    |label1=[[Elateriformia]] |sublabel1=''190 mya''
                    |1={{klade
                       |1=[[Nosodendridae]] (70)
                       |2={{klade
                          |1=[[Dascilloidea]] (180) [[Fil:Dascillus cervinus (Linné, 1758) (5598492362).jpg|60px]]
                          |2={{klade
                             |1=[[Buprestoidea]] ('''14.000''', [[pragtbiller]]) [[Fil:Buprestis octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758.png|70px]]
                             |2={{klade
                                |1=[[Byrrhoidea]] (400) [[Fil:Chaetophora.spinosa.-.calwer.16.17.jpg|50px]]
                                |2=[[Elateroidea]] ('''23.000''', bl.a. [[ildfluer]]) [[Fil:Agriotes lineatus bl2.JPG|70px]] }}
                             }}
                          }}
                       }}
                     |label2=''190 mya''
                     |2={{klade
                         |1={{klade
                            |1=[[Bostrichoidea]] (3150) [[Fil:Anthrenus-verbasci-14-fws.jpg|60px]]
                            |label2=[[Cucujiformia]]
                            |2={{klade
                               |1=[[Coccinellidae|Coccinelloidea]] (6.000, [[mariehøns]]) [[Fil:Coccinella.quinquepunctata.jacobs24.jpg|50px]]
                               |2={{klade
                                  |1=[[Tenebrionoidea]] ''180 mya'' (35.000) og [[Lymexyloidea]] [[Fil:Tribolium.castaneum.jpg|70px]]
                                  |2={{klade
                                     |1=[[Cleroidea]] (9.900) [[Fil:Trichodes ornatus, U, back, Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming 2012-10-16-15.20 (8095655020).jpg|70px]]
                                     |2={{klade
                             |1=[[Cucujoidea]] (8.000) [[Fil:Cucujus cinnaberinus habitus rotated.jpg|70px]]
                             |label2=[[Phytophaga]] |sublabel2=''170 mya''
                             |2={{klade
                                |label1=[[Chrysomeloidea]]
                                |1={{klade
                                   |1=[[Chrysomelidae]] (35.000, [[bladbiller]]) [[Fil:Mesoplatys cincta (Olivier, 1790) (8245535128).png|70px]]
                                   |2=[[Cerambycidae]] (25.000, [[træbukke]]) [[Fil:Leptura (syn. Strangalia, Rutpela) maculata (Poda, 1761) male (3926136467).jpg|70px]]
                                   }}
                                |2=[[Curculionoidea]] (97.000, [[snudebiller]]) [[Fil:Curculio glandium Marsham, 1802 female (8112399337).png|70px]]
                                }}
                             }}
                          }}
                       }}
                    }}
                 }}
              }}
           }}
        }}
     }}
   }}
}}
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