Pterophoridae

  • PE 81679a closeup Pterophoridae, Eocene, United States of America, Wyoming, Lincoln, Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    Editor: Paul S. Mayer : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 3736758 PE 81679a Pterophoridae, Eocene, United States of America, Wyoming, Lincoln, Kemmerer, WY Locality L of Grande 2013 Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation
  • PE 81679 Pterophoridae, Eocene, United States of America, Wyoming, Lincoln, Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    Editor: Paul S. Mayer : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 3736758 PE 81679 Pterophoridae, Eocene, United States of America, Wyoming, Lincoln, Kemmerer, WY Locality L of Grande 2013 Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation
Catalog Number: PE 81679
Taxonomic Name: Pterophoridae
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Identified By: Dr. Lance Grande Ph. D. : Field Museum of Natural History - Negaunee Integrated Research Center
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Formation: Green River
Morphology: whole insect with wings and legs
Lithology: Limestone
Coordinates Available?: Yes
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Township: Kemmerer
EMu IRN: 3736758
Occurrence ID: 8d9cb71f-f50b-4c8c-aff7-a1c6a7914eb7

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