Merrifieldia oligocenicus
| Merrifieldia oligocenicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Merrifieldia |
| Species: | †M. oligocenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Merrifieldia oligocenus (Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986) | |
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Merrifieldia oligocenicus (synonym Pterophorus oligocenicus) 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.[1]
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