Eolepidopterigoidea is an extinct superfamily of moths, containing the single family Eolepidopterigidae, although the genus ''
Undopterix'' is sometimes placed in a separate family Undopterigidae. The type-genus of the family is ''
Eolepidopterix''.
Genera
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Aclemus''
Daohugou
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...
, China,
Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
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Akainalepidopteron''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
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Netoxena'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
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Daiopterix''
Glushkovo Formation, Russia,
Tithonian
In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age (geology), age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 149.2 ±0.7 annum, Ma and 143.1 ±0.6 (mi ...
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Dynamilepidopteron''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
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Psamateia'' Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
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Palaeolepidopterix''
Karabastau Formation
The Karabastau Formation () is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata date to the Middle to Late Jurassic. It is an important locality for insect fossils that has been studied since ...
, Kazakhtstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
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Gracilepteryx''
Crato Formation
The Crato Formation is a geologic formation (stratigraphy), formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätten, Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontology, pa ...
, Brazil,
Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...
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Eolepidopterix''
Uda Formation, Russia,
Oxfordian
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Undopterix'' Glushkovo Formation, Russia, Tithonian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
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Grammikolepidopteron''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
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Longcapitalis''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
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Petilicorpus''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
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Quadruplecivena''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
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Seresilepidopteron''
Daohugou, China, Callovian
References
Moth families
Fossil Lepidoptera
Prehistoric insect families
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