Merrifieldia oligocenicus
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Scientific classification 
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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][3][4] [5] [6]
References
- ^ "†Merrifieldia oligocenicus Bigot et al. 1986". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 22 Oct 2018.
- ^ Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)
- ^ [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149079
- ^ https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bigot, L., Nel, A. & Nel, J. Description de la première espèce fossile connue de ptérophore. Alexanor. 14: 283-288 (1986).