Baissomantis

Extinct genus of praying mantises

Baissomantis Temporal range: Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	†Baissomantidae
Genus:	†Baissomantis Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994

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]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Baissomantis:

† Baissomantis maculata Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994
† Baissomantis picta Gratshev & Zherikhin, 1994

References

^ "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.