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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4394683	https://www.gbif.org/species/4394683
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	220332	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=220332

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mantodea : Baissomantidae : Burmantis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mantodea : Burmantis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Mantodea	Burmeister 1838
genus	Burmantis	Grimaldi 2003

Scientific Name

Burmantis Grimaldi, 2003

Name Published In

Grimaldi. 2003. American Museum Novitates 3412

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Burmantis	genus	belongs to Mantodea	stated with evidence	Grimaldi, 2003
Burmantis	genus	belongs to Gryllomantidae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 2006
Burmantis	genus	belongs to Mantodea	stated with evidence	Delclòs et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Type Specimen

[?] [?] (Grimaldi, 2003)

Designated By

Grimaldi. 2003. American Museum Novitates 3412:47 pp.

Type Information Source

Mantodea Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Grimaldi. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412:1-47

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Burmantis asiatica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Burmantis burmitica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Burmantis hexispinea ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Burmantis lebanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Burmantis zherikhini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2003	Burmantis Grimaldi
2006	Burmantis Gorochov p. 648
2006	Gryllomantis Gorochov p. 648
2016	Burmantis Delclòs et al. p. 98
2018	Burmantis Li and Huang p. 270

References

Grimaldi D. (2003) A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea), American Museum Novitates 3412, 1-47

Gorochov A. V. (2006) New and little known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 1, Paleontological Journal 40, 646-654

Delclòs X., Peñalver E., et al (2016) New mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous ambers from Lebanon, Spain, and Myanmar, Cretaceous Research 60, 91-108

Li X. R., Huang D. Y. (2018) A new praying mantis from middle Cretaceous Burmese amber exhibits bilateral asymmetry of forefemoral spination (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Cretaceous Research 91, 269-273

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Am Mus Novit 3412, July 28 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Grimaldi. 2003. American Museum Novitates 3412:47 pp. - via Mantodea Species File

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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