†Jersimantis luzzii Grimaldi 1997 (mantis)
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Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 1997. A Fossil Mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous Amber of New Jersey, with Comments on the Early History of the Dictyoptera. American Museum Novitates 3204:1-11
Belongs to Jersimantis according to D. A. Grimaldi 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-425, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
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