Saurophthirus
Saurophthirus Temporal range:
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Saurophthirus laevigatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | †Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko, 1986 |
Genus: | †Saurophthirus Ponomarenko, 1976 |
Type species | |
Saurophthirus longipes Ponomarenko, 1976
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Other species | |
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Saurophthirus is an extinct genus of giant
Baissa, Siberia. Two other species S. exquisitus and S. laevigatus are from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China.[1][2]
Description
Body length of largest species, S. longipes is 12 mm (0.47 in) long.[2] They are generally seen as transitional between more primitive stem-fleas such as Pseudopulicidae and Tarwinia and modern fleas.[2]
References
- ^ Gao, Taiping, et al. "New Transitional Fleas from China Highlighting Diversity of Early Cretaceous Ectoparasitic Insects." Current Biology 23.13 (2013): 1261-1266.
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