Baissomantidae is an extinct family of primitive mantises known from the Cretaceous period. There are two known genera, Baissomantis, known from the Early Cretaceous Zaza Formation of Buryatia, Russia,[1] and Labradormantis from the mid Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Redmond Formation of Labrador, Canada. They are amongst the most primitive mantises known, only more advanced than Santanmantis.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | †Baissomantidae Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993 |
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References
edit- ^ V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1993. New Fossil Mantids (Insecta, Mantida [Sic]). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):148-165
- ^ Demers‐Potvin, Alexandre V.; Larsson, Hans C.E.; Cournoyer, Mario; Béthoux, Olivier (January 2021). "Wing morphology of a new Cretaceous prayin g mantis solves the phylogenetic jigsaw of early‐diverging extant lineages". Systematic Entomology. 46 (1): 205–223. doi:10.1111/syen.12457. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 231391397.
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