Kingdom Animalia Superorder Polyneoptera Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species Subclass Pterygota | Infraclass Neoptera Family Chresmodidae Genus Chresmoda Order Archaeorthoptera | |
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Chresmoda obscura is an extinct species of insects within the family Chresmodidae.
Description
Chresmoda obscura are large enigmatic insects with very long specialized legs, probably adapted for skating on the water surface. They can reach a size of about 14 centimetres (5.5 in).
These Polyneoptera of uncertain positi on have been considered aquatic and terrestrial bug or phasmids. They should instead be anomalous paraplecopterids living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals.
They lived during the Jurassic of Germany, from 150.8 to 145.5 Ma.
References
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