Biology:Renphasma
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Short description: Extinct genus of insects
Renphasma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Incertae sedis/Phasmatodea |
Family: | †Susumaniidae |
Subfamily: | †Susumaniinae |
Genus: | †Renphasma Nel & Delfosse, 2011 |
Species: | †R. sinica
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Binomial name | |
†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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 André Nel & Emmanuel Delfosse (2011). "A new Chinese Mesozoic stick insect". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2): 429–432. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1108. http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app20091108.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q7313461 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renphasma.
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