Paratropes fossilis

Extinct species of insect

Paratropes fossilis

Temporal range: 94.3–89.3 Ma

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
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.[2] The type locality is in the Gerofit Locality within the Ora Formation located in Israel.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
2. ^ Gu, Jenny; Bourne, Philip (2009-06-16). "Bookcast - Structural Bioinformatics 2nd Edition Gu & Bourne (Eds.)". SciVee. doi:10.4016/11616.01. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
3. ^ "Fossilworks: Paratropes fossilis". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

Taxon identifiers

Paratropes fossilis|

* Wikidata: Q115728634
* Cockroach Species File (new): 1032375
* GBIF: 8680784
* Open Tree of Life: 6291431
* Paleobiology Database: 175555