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Eolepidopterigoidea
Eolepidopterigoidea is an extinct superfamily of moths, containing the single family Eolepidopterigidae, although the genus ''Undopterix'' is sometimes placed in a separate family Undopterigidae. The type-genus of the family is ''Eolepidopterix''. Genera * †'' Aclemus'' Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Akainalepidopteron'' Daohugou, China, Callovian * †''Netoxena'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * †''Daiopterix'' Glushkovo Formation, Russia, Tithonian * †'' Dynamilepidopteron'' Daohugou, China, Callovian * †''Psamateia'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * †''Palaeolepidopterix'' Karabastau Formation, Kazakhtstan, Callovian/Oxfordian * †''Gracilepteryx'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * †''Eolepidopterix'' Uda Formation, Russia, Oxfordian * †''Undopterix ''Undopterix'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. ''Undopterix sukatshevae'' is known from Russia. The fossil remains are dated to the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eolepidopterigoidea
Eolepidopterigoidea is an extinct superfamily of moths, containing the single family Eolepidopterigidae, although the genus ''Undopterix'' is sometimes placed in a separate family Undopterigidae. The type-genus of the family is ''Eolepidopterix''. Genera * †'' Aclemus'' Daohugou, China, Callovian * †'' Akainalepidopteron'' Daohugou, China, Callovian * †''Netoxena'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * †''Daiopterix'' Glushkovo Formation, Russia, Tithonian * †'' Dynamilepidopteron'' Daohugou, China, Callovian * †''Psamateia'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * †''Palaeolepidopterix'' Karabastau Formation, Kazakhtstan, Callovian/Oxfordian * †''Gracilepteryx'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * †''Eolepidopterix'' Uda Formation, Russia, Oxfordian * †''Undopterix ''Undopterix'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. ''Undopterix sukatshevae'' is known from Russia. The fossil remains are dated to the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fossil Lepidoptera
Prehistoric Lepidoptera are both butterflies and moths that lived before recorded history. The fossil record for Lepidoptera is lacking in comparison to other winged species, and tending not to be as common as some other insects in the habitats that are most conducive to fossilization, such as lakes and ponds, and their juvenile stage has only the head capsule as a hard part that might be preserved. Yet there are fossils, some preserved in amber and some in very fine sediments. Leaf mines are also seen in fossil leaves, although the interpretation of them is tricky. Putative fossil stem group representatives of Amphiesmenoptera (the clade comprising Trichoptera and Lepidoptera) are known from the Triassic. Previously, the earliest known lepidopteran fossils were three wings of '' Archaeolepis mane'', a primitive moth-like species from the Jurassic, about , found in Dorset, UK, which show scales with parallel grooves under a scanning electron microscope and a characteristic wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netoxena
''Netoxena'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, ''Netoxena nana'', which is known from the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil. Its generic name was originally ''Xena'' Martins-Neto (1999); however, this name turned out to be preoccupied by a genus of chloropid flies ''Xena Xena is a fictional character from Robert Tapert's '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' franchise. Co-created by Tapert and John Schulian, she first appeared in the 1995–1999 television series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', before going on to ...'' Nartshuk (1964). A replacement generic name ''Netoxena'' was coined in 2012. References Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Cretaceous insects Aptian life Early Cretaceous animals of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa described in 1999 {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracilepteryx
''Gracilepteryx'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, ''Gracilepteryx pulchra'', which is known from the Late Aptian Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... References Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Cretaceous insects Aptian life Early Cretaceous animals of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa described in 1989 Prehistoric insect genera {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daiopterix
''Daiopterix'' is an extinct genus of moth within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. ''Daiopterix rasnitsyni'' is known from Kazakhstan. The fossil remains date from the Jurassic. The second species, ''Daiopterix olgae'', is known from the Glushkova Formation in central Siberia. It dates from the Jurassic-Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ... boundary, about 145 million years ago. References Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Jurassic insects Jurassic insects of Asia Prehistoric insect genera {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psamateia
''Psamateia'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, ''Psamateia calipsa'', which is known from the Crato Formation in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... References Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Cretaceous insects Early Cretaceous animals of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa described in 2002 {{cretaceous-insect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eolepidopterix
''Eolepidopterix'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, ''Eolepidopterix jurassica'', which is known from Russia. The fossil remains are dated to the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eight .... References External links * Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Fossils of Russia Late Jurassic insects † Fossil taxa described in 1983 Prehistoric insect genera Monotypic prehistoric animal genera {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undopterix
''Undopterix'' is an extinct genus of moths within the family Eolepidopterigidae, containing two species. ''Undopterix sukatshevae'' is known from Russia. The fossil remains are dated to the Lower Cretaceous. The second species, ''Undopterix cariensis'' is known from the Crato Formation in Brazil. Taxonomy ''Undopterix'' was initially classified in the Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristense ..., but was later transferred to the Eolepidopterigidae family. It was designated as the type-genus for the new family Undopterigidae by Kozlov in 1988, but this is disputed. References Eolepidopterigoidea Fossil Lepidoptera Cretaceous insects Early Cretaceous animals of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Crato Formation Fossil taxa descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Aptian succeeds the Barremian and precedes the Albian, all part of the Lower/Early Cretaceous. The Aptian partly overlaps the upper part of the Western European Urgonian Stage. The Selli Event, also known as OAE1a, was one of two oceanic anoxic events in the Cretaceous Period, which occurred around 120 Ma and lasted approximately 1 to 1.3 million years. The Aptian extinction was a minor extinction event hypothesized to have occurred around 116 to 117 Ma.Archangelsky, Sergio.The Ticó Flora (Patagonia) and the Aptian Extinction Event" ''Acta Paleobotanica'' 41(2), 2001, pp. 115-22. Stratigraphic definitions The Aptian was named after the small city of Apt in the Provence region of France, which is also known for its cry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera Families
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described species of living organisms. It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world. The Lepidoptera show many variations of the basic body structure that have evolved to gain advantages in lifestyle and distribution. Recent estimates suggest the order may have more species than earlier thought, and is among the four most speciose orders, along with the Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. Lepidopteran species are characterized by more than three derived features. The most apparent is the presence of scales that cover the bodies, wings, and a proboscis. The scales are modified, flattened "hairs", and give butterflies and moths their wide variety of colors and patterns. Almost all species have some form of membranou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
