Pseudopulicidae
| Pseudopulicidae Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Early Cretaceous | |
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| Pseudopulex tanlan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | †Pseudopulicidae Gao, Shih & Ren, 2012 |
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Pseudopulicidae is an extinct family of stem-group fleas from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of China. They represent the oldest known group of stem-fleas. Like other stem-group "giant fleas", they are much larger and lack the specialised morphology of modern fleas.