Eogeometer
Extinct genus of moths within Geometridae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eogeometer is a prehistoric genus of Ennomine geometer moths in the tribe Boarmiini.[1] The type and only species is Eogeometer vadens, the specimen of which measured about 5 mm (0.20 in), and was estimated to be 44 million years old, dating back to Eocene epoch. Both the genus and species were described by Thilo C. Fischer, Artur Michalski and Axel Hausmann in 2019 as the first geometrid caterpillar in Baltic amber.[1][2][3]
| Eogeometer Temporal range: Lutetian | |
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| holotype in amber | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | †Eogeometer Fischer, Michalski, & Hausmann, 2019 |
| Species: | †E. vadens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eogeometer vadens Fischer, Michalski, & Hausmann, 2019 | |
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