Merrifieldia oligocenicus

Merrifieldia oligocenicus
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Merrifieldia
Species:
M. oligocenicus
Binomial name
Merrifieldia oligocenicus
(Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus oligocenicus

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][3][4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ^ "†Merrifieldia oligocenicus Bigot et al. 1986". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 22 Oct 2018.
  2. ^ Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149079
  4. ^ https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1
  5. ^ Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Labandeira, Conrad; Davis, Donald; Mitter, Charles (2012-04-30). "An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world". Zootaxa. 3286 (1): 1–132. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ^ Bigot, L., Nel, A. & Nel, J. Description de la première espèce fossile connue de ptérophore. Alexanor. 14: 283-288 (1986).