Chresmoda obscura
Chresmoda obscura Temporal range: [1]
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Fossil specimen of Chresmoda obscura from Germany, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Species: | C. obscura
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Chresmoda obscura Germar 1839
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Chresmoda obscura is an extinct species of insects within the family Chresmodidae.
Description[]
Chresmoda obscura are large enigmatic insects with very long specialized legs, probably adapted for skating on the water surface. They can reach a size of about 14 centimetres (5.5 in).[2]
These Polyneoptera of uncertain position have been considered aquatic and terrestrial bug or phasmids. They should instead be anomalous paraplecopterids living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals.[3]
They lived during the Jurassic of Germany, from 150.8 to 145.5 Ma.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Lacewing Digital Library[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Late Jurassic insects
- Insects described in 1839
- Fossil taxa described in 1839
- Prehistoric insect stubs
- Jurassic animal stubs