''Oiophassus'' is an extinct genus of
moth in the family
Hepialidae. It contains only one species, ''Oiophassus nycterus'', which was described from Shanwang Bed sw2 in the
Linchu district,
Shandong province
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Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizatio ...
in
China
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, which is part of an Astaracian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the
Shanwang Formation The Shanwang National Geology Park () is located in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China, about from Linqu County. It has an area of about . The Park is well known for its fossil bearing diatomitic deposits, one of only a few such ...
.
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Fossil Lepidoptera
Fossil taxa described in 1989
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Fossils of China
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Monotypic prehistoric animal genera
Prehistoric insect genera
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