Pterophorus oligocenus
| Pterophorus oligocenus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | †P. oligocenus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pterophorus oligocenus Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986 | |
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Pterophorus oligocenus is an extinct moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is the only known fossil of the Pterophoridae family. It was discovered near Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone in France. It is a late Oligocene fossil, dated to 25-30 million years B.P.[1]