Pseudopulex

Pseudopulex
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous,
Pseudopulex wangi fossils
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: †Pseudopulicidae
Genus: †Pseudopulex
Gao, Shih, and Ren, 2012
Species
  • P. jurassicus Gao, Shih, and Ren, 2012
  • P. magnus Gao, Shih, and Ren, 2012
  • P. tanlan Gao, Shih, Rasnitsyn, and Ren, 2014
  • P. wangi Huang, Engel, Cai, and Nel, 2013

Pseudopulex is an extinct genus of primitive fleas that lived between the Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods in what is now modern-day China. The Latin root for the name Pseudopulex roughly translates to "false fleas".

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