Renphasma Temporal range:
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Holotype | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | 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]
Renphasma Temporal range:
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Holotype | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | † Susumaniidae |
Subfamily: | † Susumaniinae |
Genus: | †
Renphasma Nel & Delfosse, 2011 |
Species: | †R. sinica
|
Binomial name | |
†Renphasma sinica Nel & Delfosse, 2011
|
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]