Eogeometer

{{Short description|Extinct genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = Lutetian {{fossilrange|44|44}} | image = Eogeometer valdens holotype 01.jpg | image_caption = Holotype in amber | genus = Eogeometer | parent_authority = Fischer, Michalski, & Hausmann, 2019 | species = vadens | authority = Fischer, Michalski, & Hausmann, 2019 }}

'''''Eogeometer''''' is an extinct genus of Ennomine geometer moths in the tribe Boarmiini.<ref name="Fischer_al.2019">{{cite journal |last1=Fischer |first1=Thilo C. |last2=Michalski |first2=Artur |last3=Hausmann |first3=Axel |year=2019 |title=Geometrid caterpillar in Eocene Baltic amber (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=9 |issue=1 |article-number=17201 |doi=10.1038/s41598-019-53734-w |pmid=31748672|doi-access=free |pmc=6868187 }}</ref> The type and only species is '''''Eogeometer vadens''''', the specimen of which measured about {{convert|5|mm|in|abbr=on}}, and was estimated to be 44 million years old, dating back to Eocene epoch. Both the genus and species were described by Thilo C. Fischer, Artur Michalski and Axel Hausmann in 2019 as the first geometrid caterpillar in Baltic amber.<ref name="Fischer_al.2019" /><ref name="DW 11-2019">{{cite news |last=Muller |first=Natalie |title=German scientists find 44-million-year-old caterpillar |newspaper=DW |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-scientists-find-44-million-year-old-caterpillar/a-51341040 |date=20 November 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Newsweek 11-2019">{{cite news |last=Georgiou |first=Aristos |title=Scientists discover 'exceptional' 44-million-year-old caterpillar preserved in amber |newspaper=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-exceptional-caterpillar-preserved-amber-1473293 |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>

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Category:Boarmiini Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Eocene insects of Europe Category:Lutetian insects Category:Monotypic prehistoric insect genera Category:Baltic amber Category:Fossil Lepidoptera Category:Lutetian genera