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Forficulites

Forficulites is an extinct genus of earwigs within the family Forficulidae containing a single species, Forficulites rottensis, that lived during the Oligocene epoch. It was described by Georg Statz in 1939, from the Rott Formation in Germany.

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Forficulites
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Forficulidae
Genus: Forficulites
Statz, 1939
Species:
F. rottensis
Binomial name
Forficulites rottensis
Statz, 1939

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

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  1. "Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. "Fossilworks: Forficulites rottensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-12-18.