Archaeolepis
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Archaeolepis mane is amongst the earliest undisputed lepidopteran fossils. It dates from the Lower Jurassic (ca 190 million years ago). It was found in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Dorset, United Kingdom.[1]
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Archaeolepis | |
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Wing venation of Archaeolepis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | †Archaeolepidae |
Genus: | †Archaeolepis Whalley, 1985[1] |
Species: | †A. mane |
Binomial name | |
†Archaeolepis mane Whalley, 1985 | |
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