Cheirolepidoptus

Cheirolepidoptus is a genus of extinct mite found in Italy. It was classified in 2014.[1][2] The genus Cheirolepidoptus lived in the Triassic period before going extinct in the Triassic-Jurassic extinction.[2]

Cheirolepidoptus
Temporal range: Triassic
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Cheirolepidoptus

Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014
Species:
C. dolomiticus
Binomial name
Cheirolepidoptus dolomiticus
Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014

References

  1. Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk; Alexander R. Schmidt; Eugenio Ragazzi; Guido Roghi; Evert E. Lindquist (2014). "Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. in press (2): 129. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373.
  2. http://zoobank.org/References/279BE1F3-8667-48D9-BEE8-F7F22C5DEF7D


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