What is the oldest coleoptera

[Vr. Richard Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld]

dear colleagues,

I would like to know how old  is oldest fossil of beetles and when
coleoptera was first time  on the earth...

I know that Cupedidae are very primitive group.. but is this the first
beetles?

Keep care and be of good cheer.

Regards

(name) Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptist
(surname) of Bejsak (Bayshark)-Colloredo-Mansfeld

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