Merrifieldia oligocenicus
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Merrifieldia |
Species: | †M. oligocenicus
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†Merrifieldia oligocenicus (Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986)
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Merrifieldia oligocenicus (synonyms Pterophorus oligocenicus) [1] is an extinct moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is the only known fossil of the family Pterophoridae. It was discovered in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone in France. It is a late Oligocene species, dated to 25–30 million years BP.[2]
References[]
- ^ †Merrifieldia oligocenicus Bigot et al. 1986 at fossilworks.org (retrieved 22 Oct 2018)
- ^ Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 1986
- Merrifieldia
- Fossil Lepidoptera
- Oligocene insects
- Fossils of France
- Moths described in 1986
- Pterophoridae stubs
- Prehistoric Lepidoptera stubs