Baissomantis is an extinct genus of mantises in the family Baissomantidae. There are two described species of Baissomantis both of which are known from the Early Cretaceous Zaza Formation of Buryatia, Russia.[1][2][3]
Baissomantis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | †Baissomantidae |
Genus: | †Baissomantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994 |
Species edit
These two species belong to the genus Baissomantis:
- † Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
- † Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
References edit
- ^ "Baissomantis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, genus Baissomantis". Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Baissomantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-11.