Paratropes fossilis
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| Paratropes fossilis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Ectobiidae |
| Genus: | Paratropes |
| Species: | †P. fossilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paratropes fossilis Vršanský & Anisyutkin, 2008 | |
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]