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387 / Mesozoic
Chresmoda
Chresmoda obscura
Six extremely long legs may have spread its weight across the water surface.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 155–100 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Freshwater surfaces and shores · Europe and Asia
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Chresmoda?
Chresmoda (Chresmoda obscura) was an extinct organism known from About 155–100 million years ago, with a range in Freshwater surfaces and shores · Europe and Asia.
Life and ecology
Adults probably moved like water striders and flew between lakes.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Chresmoda disappear?
Cretaceous turnover among aquatic insects is possible context, but it does not establish why the genus disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Chresmoda?
Fine lake deposits preserve complete legs, wings and bodies from nymphs and adults.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS