Merrifieldia oligocenicus
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Merrifieldia oligocenicus | |
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File:Merrifieldia oligocenicus holotype MNHN.F.B47277 direct lighting.jpg | |
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Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Merrifieldia |
Species: | †M. oligocenicus
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Binomial name | |
†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]