Biology:Protolepis
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Short description: Extinct genus of butterflies
Protolepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Incertae sedis/Lepidoptera |
Genus: | †Protolepis Kozlov, 1989 |
Type species | |
†Protolepis cuprealata Kozlov, 1989
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Protolepis is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan.[1] It contains only one species, Protolepis cuprealata. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain.[2][3]
See also
- Prehistoric Lepidoptera
References
- ↑ Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 9783110157048. https://books.google.com/books?id=B9rdQ1gHuAAC&pg=PA16.
- ↑ Butterflies and Moths of the World. "Karataunia Kozlov, 1989 . Paleontologicheskii Zh. 1989 (4) : 42.". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=15100.0&AUTHOR=Kozlov&beginIndex=4&listPageURL=GenusList2.dsml%3FAUTHOR%3DKozlov&searchPageURL=BrowseAuthors.dsml%3FAUTHOR%3DKozlov%26beginIndex%3D2. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ↑ David A. Grimaldi & Michael S. Engel (2005). Evolution of the insects. Cambridge University Press. p. 564. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ql6Jl6wKb88C&q=Protolepise&pg=PA564.
Wikidata ☰ Q7252014 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protolepis.
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