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Renphasma
Renphasma
A fossil of Renphasma sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Susumaniidae
Subfamily: Susumaniinae
Genus: Renphasma
Nel & Delfosse, 2011
Species: R. sinica
Binomial name
Renphasma sinica
Nel & Delfosse, 2011

Renphasma is an extinct genus of stick insect which existed in what is now China during the early Cretaceous period. It was named by André Nel and Emmanuel Delfosse in 2011, and the type species is Renphasma sinica. The generic name refers to Dr. Ren Dong, while the specific name refers to Sinica, the Latin name for China.

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