Renphasma
Renphasma Temporal range:
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Family: | Susumaniidae
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Subfamily: | Susumaniinae
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Genus: | Renphasma Nel & Delfosse, 2011
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Species: | R. sinica
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Renphasma sinica Nel & Delfosse, 2011
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Renphasma is an extinct genus of stick insect which existed in what is now China during the early Cretaceous period.[1] It was named by André Nel and Emmanuel Delfosse in 2011, and the type species is Renphasma sinica, found in the early Aptian aged Yixian Formation.[1] The generic name refers to Dr. Ren Dong, while the specific name refers to Sinica, the Latin name for China.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c André Nel & Emmanuel Delfosse (2011). "A new Chinese Mesozoic stick insect". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (2): 429–432. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1108.
Categories:
- Phasmatodea genera
- Cretaceous insects
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Cretaceous insects of Asia
- Prehistoric insect genera
- Phasmatodea stubs
- Cretaceous insect stubs