Cheirolepidoptus
| Cheirolepidoptus Temporal range: Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Superfamily: | Tetrapodili |
| Genus: | Cheirolepidoptus Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014 |
| Species: | C. dolomiticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheirolepidoptus dolomiticus Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014 | |
Cheirolepidoptus is a genus of extinct mite found in Italy. It was classified in 2014.[1][2] The genus Cheirolepidoptus lived in the Triassic period before going extinct in the Triassic-Jurassic extinction.[2]
References
- ↑ Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk; Alexander R. Schmidt; Eugenio Ragazzi; Guido Roghi; Evert E. Lindquist (2014). "Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. in press (2): 129. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373.
- 1 2 http://zoobank.org/References/279BE1F3-8667-48D9-BEE8-F7F22C5DEF7D
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