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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]
References
- 1 2 3 André Nel & Emmanuel Delfosse (2011). "A new Chinese Mesozoic stick insect". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (2): 429–432. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1108.
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