New Paleogene mantises from the Oise amber and their evolutionary importance

Mantodea are rather scarce in the fossil record, especially those belonging to the mantise crown group. Four fossil mantids are described from the lowermost Eocene amber of Oise (France), two Chaeteessidae considered as “genus and species incertae sedis”, and two Mantoididae, described as a new genu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Schubnel, Andre Nel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2019-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app64/app006282019.pdf