Global InformationEoligiiscus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Ligiidae |
| Genus: | †Eoligiiscus Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021 |
| Species: | †E. tarraconensis
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| †Eoligiiscus tarraconensis Sánchez-García, Peñalver, Delclos & Engel, 2021
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Eoligiiscus tarraconensis is an extinct species of woodlouse, the only species in the genus Eoligiiscus. It was found preserved in amber at the Peñacerrada I amber site in Burgos, Spain. The preserved specimens date from Late Albian period.[1]
- ^ Sánchez-García, Alba; Peñalver, Enrique; Delclòs, Xavier; Engel, Michael S. (2021). "Terrestrial Isopods from Spanish Amber (Crustacea: Oniscidea): Insights into the Cretaceous Soil Biota". American Museum Novitates. 2021 (3974): 1–32. doi:10.1206/3974.1. hdl:2445/182822. ISSN 0003-0082.