Forficulites
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Genus: | †Forficulites Statz, 1939 |
| Species: | †F. rottensis
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| †Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939
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Forficulites is an extinct genus of earwigs within the family Forficulidae containing a single species, Forficulites rottensis, that lived during the Oligocene epoch.[1] It was described by Georg Statz in 1939, from the Rott Formation in Germany.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Forficulites rottensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18.