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(Redirected from Karataunia lapidaria) Extinct genus of butterflies

Karataunia
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: †Karataunia
Kozlov, 1989
Type species
†Karataunia lapidaria
Kozlov, 1989

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

See also

References

  1. Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 9783110157048.
  2. Butterflies and Moths of the World (2023). "Karataunia Kozlov, 1989 . Paleontologicheskii Zh. 1989 (4) : 42". The Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Karataunia


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