Araripenymphes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | †Cratosmylidae |
Genus: | †Araripenymphes Menon, Martins-Neto & Martill, 2005 |
Type species | |
†Araripenymphes seldeni Menon, Martins-Neto & Martill, 2005
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Araripenymphes is an extinct genus of lacewing which lived during the Cretaceous period of South America and Asia. The type species is A. seldeni from the Crato Formation of Brazil (Araripe Basin). The two other species are A. burmanus from the Burmese amber of Myanmar and A. koreicus from the Jinju Formation of South Korea.