†Fonsecablatta Mendes and Pinto 2001 (giant cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae
Full reference: M. Mendes and I. D. Pinto. 2001. The first findings of Blattodea (Insecta, Blattidae) from the Fonseca Formation, Oligocene period, Minas Gerais, in the south east of Brazil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 24(52/53):283-290
Parent taxon: Morphnini according to L. Šmídová et al. 2021
See also Mendes and Pinto 2001
Sister taxon: Morphna
Subtaxa: Fonsecablatta patricioi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fonseca creek, CENIBRA property (Eocene of Brazil)
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