Cretophasmomima

Cretphasmomima
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 126 Ma
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Three specimens (two males and a female), including the holoype (B)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Exopterygota
Order: Phasmatodea
Genus: †Cretophasmomima
Binomial name
†Cretophasmomima melanogramma
wang et al., 2014
Restoration of an Eomaia feeding on a Cretophasmomima

Cretophasmomima is an extinct genus of stick insect from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and is the oldest and most basal stick insect known. The type species, Cretophasmomima melanogramma, was described in 2014 off the basis of a single specimen.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Maomin Wang; Olivier Béthoux; Sven Bradler; Frédéric M. B. Jacques; Yingying Cui; Dong Ren (2014). "Under Cover at Pre-Angiosperm Times: A Cloaked Phasmatodean Insect from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota". PLOS One. 9 (3): e91290. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091290. PMC 3960115 Freely accessible. PMID 24646906.
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