Susumanioidea

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Susumanioidea
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Eocene
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Cretophasmomima melanogramma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Suborder: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Susumanioidea
Gorochov, 1988
Subfamilies

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Susumanioidea is an extinct superfamily of Phasmatodea, known from the Middle Jurassic to Eocene. They lie outside the modern crown group of Phasmatodea. Members of the group typically possess large, fully developed wings. [1]

Taxonomy

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Renphasma sinica

According to Yang et al. (2021), [1] and subsequent literature

References

  1. 1 2 Yang, Hongru; Shi, Chaofan; Engel, Michael S.; Zhao, Zhipeng; Ren, Dong; Gao, Taiping (2021-01-15). "Early specializations for mimicry and defense in a Jurassic stick insect". National Science Review. 8 (1): nwaa056. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa056 . ISSN   2095-5138. PMC   8288419 . PMID   34691548.