Baissomantidae
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | †Baissomantidae Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993 |
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Baissomantidae is an extinct family of primitive mantises known from the Cretaceous period. There are two known genera, Baissomantis, known from the Early Cretaceous Zaza FormationofBuryatia, Russia,[1] and Labradormantis from the mid Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Redmond FormationofLabrador, Canada. They are amongst the most primitive mantises known, only more advanced than Santanmantis.[2]
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