Cheirolepidoptus
Temporal range: Triassic
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Cheirolepidoptus

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

Cheirolepidoptus is a genus of extinct mite found in Italy. It was classified in 2014.[1][2] It was found in amber from northern Italy, dating to the Triassic period.[2]

References

  1. Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk; Alexander R. Schmidt; Eugenio Ragazzi; Guido Roghi; Evert E. Lindquist (2015). "Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (2): 129–151. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373. S2CID 85055941.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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