New fossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China.

<h4>Background</h4>The early history of the Lepidoptera is poorly known, a feature attributable to an inadequate preservational potential and an exceptionally low occurrence of moth fossils in relevant mid-Mesozoic deposits. In this study, we examine a particularly rich assemblage of mor...

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Main Authors: Weiting Zhang, Chungkun Shih, Conrad C Labandeira, Jae-Cheon Sohn, Donald R Davis, Jorge A Santiago-Blay, Oliver Flint, Dong Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24278142/pdf/?tool=EBI