Paratropes fossilis

Paratropes fossilis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Ectobiidae
Genus: Paratropes
Species:
†P. fossilis
Binomial name
†Paratropes fossilis
Vršanský & Anisyutkin, 2008

Paratropes fossilis is an extinct species of cockroach within the family Ectobiidae that lived during the Cretaceous period.[1] The holotype is an isolated right tegmen 24 millimeters in length. The type locality is in the Gerofit Locality within the Ora Formation located in Israel.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  2. ↑ "Fossilworks: Paratropes fossilis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15.