Vitimopsyche is an extinct genus of Mecopteran which existed in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Vitimopsyche kozlovi and V. torta.[1]

Vitimopsyche
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mecoptera
Family: Mesopsychidae
Genus: Vitimopsyche
Novokshonov & Sukacheva, 2001
Species
  • Vitimopsyche kozlovi
  • Vitimopsyche torta

References edit

  1. ^ a b Ren Dong; Conrad C. Labandeira; Shih ChungKun (2010). "New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from Northeastern China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 84 (4): 720–731. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00244.x. S2CID 86743175.

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