Susumanioidea is an extinct superfamily of

Phasmatodea The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an Order (biology), order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred ...

, known from the Middle Jurassic to Eocene. They lie outside the modern

crown group In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor ...

of Phasmatodea. Members of the group typically possess large, fully developed wings.

Taxonomy

up'' Renphasma sinica'' According to Yang ''et al.'' (2021), and subsequent literature * '' Yananphasma'' Guo, et al. 2025 Yanan Formation, China, Middle Jurassic *subfamily Phasmomimoidinae ** '' Phasmomimoides'' - 5 species, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian- Oxfordian, Zaza Formation, Russian,

Aptian The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...

* subfamily Aclistophasmatinae ** '' Aclistophasma'' - Jiulongshan Formation (Daohugou Beds), China, Callovian ** '' Adjacivena'' - Daohugou Beds, China, Callovian * subfamily Susumaniinae ** '' Aethephasma'' - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** '' Coniphasma'' - Umivik locality, Greenland, Coniacian ** '' Cretophasmomima'' - Weald Clay, England,

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Ola Formation. Arkagalinskaya Formation, Russia,

Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campa ...

** '' Cretophasmomimoides'' - Anda-Khuduk Formation, Mongolia, Aptian ** '' Eoprephasma'' - Klondike Mountain Formation, United States,

Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...

** '' Eosusumania'' - Emanra Formation, Russia,

Turonian The Turonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS' geologic timescale, the second age (geology), age in the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch, or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Upper Cretaceous series (stratigraphy), ...

** '' Hagiphasma'' - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** '' Kolymoptera'' - Arkagalinskaya Formation, Russia, Campanian ** '' Orephasma'' - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** '' Palaeopteron'' - Redmond Formation, Canada,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

** '' Paraphasmomimella'' - Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian Emanra Formation, Russia, Turonian ** '' Phasmomimella'' - Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Paskapoo Formation, Canada,

Paleocene The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...

** '' Phasmomimula'' - Paskapoo Formation, Canada, Paleocene ** '' Promastacoides'' - Paskapoo Formation, Canada, Paleocene ** '' Prosusumania'' - Argun Formation, Russia, Aptian ** '' Renphasma'' - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** '' Susumania'' - Arkagalinskaya Formation, Russia, Campanian

References

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