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Extinct genus of insects From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Renphasma Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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