Renphasma

Renphasma; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Superfamily:	Susumanioidea
Family:	Susumaniidae
Subfamily:	Susumaniinae
Genus:	Renphasma; Nel & Delfosse, 2011
Species:	R. sinica
Binomial name
	Renphasma sinica; Nel & Delfosse, 2011

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.[1] The generic name refers to Dr. Ren Dong, while the specific name refers to Sinica, the Latin name for China.[1]

References

André Nel & Emmanuel Delfosse (2011). "A new Chinese Mesozoic stick insect". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (2): 429–432. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1108.

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[ND10-1] André Nel & Emmanuel Delfosse (2011). "A new Chinese Mesozoic stick insect". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (2): 429–432. doi:10.4202/app.2009.1108.