Eoligiiscus
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Eoligiiscus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Oniscidea |
Family: | Ligiidae |
Genus: | †Eoligiiscus Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021 |
Species: | †E. tarraconensis
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Binomial name | |
†Eoligiiscus tarraconensis Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021
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Eoligiiscus tarraconensis is an extinct species of woodlouse, the only species in the genus Eoligiiscus. It was found preserved in amber at the Peñacerrada I amber site in Burgos, Spain. The preserved specimens date from Late Albian period.[1]
Etymology
The genus name comes from Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn; the related genus Ligia; and the Greek suffix -iskos, commonly used in wooldlouse genera names. The species epithet comes from Roman province Hispania Tarraconensis; the site where the woodlouse was found lies within the historical boundaries of that province.[1]
References
- ^ a b Sánchez-García, Alba; Peñalver, Enrique; Delclòs, Xavier; Engel, Michael S. (2021). "Terrestrial Isopods from Spanish Amber (Crustacea: Oniscidea): Insights into the Cretaceous Soil Biota". American Museum Novitates. 2021 (3974): 1–32. doi:10.1206/3974.1. hdl:2445/182822. ISSN 0003-0082.
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