Paratropes fossilis is an extinct species of cockroach within the family Ectobiidae that lived during the Cretaceous period.[1] The holotype is an isolated right tegmen 24 millimeters in length.[2] The type locality is in the Gerofit Locality within the Ora Formation located in Israel.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Genus: | Paratropes |
| Species: | †P. fossilis
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| †Paratropes fossilis Vršanský & Anisyutkin, 2008
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References
edit- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ Gu, Jenny; Bourne, Philip (2009-06-16). "Bookcast - Structural Bioinformatics 2nd Edition Gu & Bourne (Eds.)". SciVee. doi:10.4016/11616.01. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Paratropes fossilis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15.