Rhaptophasma
Life
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Rhaptophasma Zompro 2001
Distribution
The genus is
represented by fossils in 45 million year old
(Eocene epoch) Baltic
amber (from an area encompassing the Baltic Sea and Scandanavian peninsula).
Habitat
Extinct genus, but probably was associated with Pine forests.
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