Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Full reference: G. Bechly. 2007. Blattaria: cockroaches and roachoides. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 239-249
Parent taxon: Umenocoleidae according to H. Sendi et al. 2023
See also Bechly 2007, Lee 2016 and Podstrelená and Sendi 2018
Sister taxa: Alienopterix, Alienopterixinae, Archaeospinapteryx, Blattapterix, Compunctiotypus, Elytropterix, Enervipraeala, Laticephalana, Nigropterix, Petropterix, Poikiloprosopon, Ponopterix, Pseudojantaropterix, Trapezionotum, Umenocoleus, Umenopterix, Umenotypus, Vitisminae, Vzrkadlenie
Subtaxa: Cratovitisma bechlyi Cratovitisma cortexi Cratovitisma oldreadi Cratovitisma spinosa
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections), Lebanon (4), Myanmar (3)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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