Baissomantidae

Baissomantidae; Temporal range: Aptian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	† Baissomantidae ; Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Genera
	† Baissomantis ; † Labradormantis ;

Last updated May 28, 2025

Baissomantidae is an extinct family of primitive mantises known from the Cretaceous period. There are two known genera, Baissomantis , known from the Early Cretaceous Zaza Formation of Buryatia, Russia,^[1] and Labradormantis from the mid Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Redmond Formation of Labrador, Canada. They are amongst the most primitive mantises known, only more advanced than Santanmantis .^[2]

References

↑ V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1993. New Fossil Mantids (Insecta, Mantida [Sic]). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):148-165
↑ Demers‐Potvin, Alexandre V.; Larsson, Hans C.E.; Cournoyer, Mario; Béthoux, Olivier (January 2021). "Wing morphology of a new Cretaceous prayin g mantis solves the phylogenetic jigsaw of early‐diverging extant lineages" . Systematic Entomology. 46 (1): 205–223. doi:10.1111/syen.12457. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 231391397.

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[1] V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1993. New Fossil Mantids (Insecta, Mantida [Sic]). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):148-165

[2] Demers‐Potvin, Alexandre V.; Larsson, Hans C.E.; Cournoyer, Mario; Béthoux, Olivier (January 2021). "Wing morphology of a new Cretaceous prayin g mantis solves the phylogenetic jigsaw of early‐diverging extant lineages" . Systematic Entomology. 46 (1): 205–223. doi:10.1111/syen.12457. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 231391397.

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