Paratropes fossilis

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]

Paratropes fossilis Temporal range: 94.3–89.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Family:	Ectobiidae
Genus:	Paratropes
Species:	†P. fossilis
Binomial name
†Paratropes fossilis Vršanský & Anisyutkin, 2008