Clavifemora

Clavifemora; Temporal range: Bathonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Mantispidae
Subfamily:	† Mesomantispinae
Genus:	† Clavifemora
Species:	†C. rotundata
Binomial name
	†Clavifemora rotundata; Jepson et. al., 2013

Last updated July 11, 2025

Clavifemora is an extinct genus of mesomantispine mantispid that lived during the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch.

Distribution

Clavifemora rotundata is known from the Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia.^[1]

References

↑ Jepson, James E.; Heads, Sam W.; Makarkin, Vladimir N.; Ren, Dong (7 May 2013). "New fossil mantidflies (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of north‐eastern China". Palaeontology . 56 (3): 603–613. doi:10.1111/pala.12005. ISSN 0031-0239 . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via Wiley Online Library.

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[1] Jepson, James E.; Heads, Sam W.; Makarkin, Vladimir N.; Ren, Dong (7 May 2013). "New fossil mantidflies (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of north‐eastern China". Palaeontology . 56 (3): 603–613. doi:10.1111/pala.12005. ISSN 0031-0239 . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via Wiley Online Library.

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