†Fonsecablatta patricioi 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
Belongs to Fonsecablatta according to L. Šmídová et al. 2021
See also Mendes and Pinto 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UNIVALE CH 0011/2, a tegmen. Its type locality is Fonseca creek, CENIBRA property, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Fonseca Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fonseca creek, CENIBRA property
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