Raptorapax
| Raptorapax Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Rhachiberothidae |
| Subfamily: | Paraberothinae |
| Genus: | Raptorapax Petrulevicius et al., 2010 |
| Species: | R. terribilissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Raptorapax terribilissima Petrulevicius et al., 2010 | |
Raptorapax is an extinct genus of rhachiberothid which existed in what is now Lebanon during the early Cretaceous period.[1] It was named by Julian F. Petrulevicius, Dany Azar and André Nel in 2010, and the type species is Raptorapax terribilissima.[1]
References
- 1 2 Julian F. Petrulevicius, Dany Azar, André Nel (2010). "A New Thorny Lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from the Early Cretaceous Amber of Lebanon". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (4): 828–833. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00242.x.
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