Eolepidopterix
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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.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moths within the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Eolepidopterix jurassica, which is known from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The fossil remains are dated to the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous.