Forficulites

Forficulites
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Forficulidae
Genus: †
Statz, 1939
Species:
†F. rottensis
Binomial name
†Forficulites rottensis
Statz, 1939

Forficulites is an extinct genus of earwigs within the family Forficulidae containing a single species, Forficulites rottensis, that lived during the Oligocene epoch.[1] It was described by Georg Statz in 1939, from the Rott Formation in Germany.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Forficulites rottensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
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