†Santanmantis axelrodi Grimaldi 2003 (mantis)
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Insecta - Mantodea - Santanmantidae
Full reference: D. Grimaldi. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412:1-47
Belongs to Santanmantis according to M. K. Hörnig et al. 2017
See also Grimaldi 2003, Hörnig et al. 2013 and Lee 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 1957, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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