Karataunia

Karataunia is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan.[1] It contains only one species, Karataunia lapidaria. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain.[2]

Karataunia
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Genus: Karataunia
Kozlov, 1989
Type species
Karataunia lapidaria
Kozlov, 1989

See also

References

  1. Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 16.
  2. Butterflies and Moths of the World. "Karataunia Kozlov, 1989 . Paleontologicheskii Zh. 1989 (4) : 42". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2011.


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