Palaeolepidopterix
Palaeolepidopterix | |
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Family: | Eolepidopterigidae
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Genus: | †Palaeolepidopterix Kozlov, 1989
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Species: | †P. aurea
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†Palaeolepidopterix aurea Kozlov, 1989
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Palaeolepidopterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Palaeolepidopterix aurea.[1] It is known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
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Categories:
- Micropterigidae
- Fossil Lepidoptera
- Late Jurassic insects
- Jurassic insects of Asia
- Monotypic moth genera
- Micropterigidae stubs
- Prehistoric Lepidoptera stubs
- Prehistoric insect stubs
- Jurassic animal stubs