| Tarwinia | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | †Tarwiniidae Huang et al. 2013 |
| Genus: | †Tarwinia P. A. Jell and P. M. Duncan. 1986 |
| Species: | †T. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tarwinia australis P. A. Jell and P. M. Duncan. 1986 | |
Tarwinia is an extinct genus ofstem-groupflea known from a single species,T. australis, from theEarly Cretaceous (Aptian)Koonwarra Fossil Bed ofVictoria, Australia, it is the only member of the familyTarwiniidae, and the only stem-group flea known from theSouthern Hemisphere.[1][2]