A review of the Phasmida fossil record is provided. No fossils of Timema Sc
udder are known. Euphasmida fossils include: Agathemera reclusa Scudder, El
ectrobaculum gracilis Sharov, Eophasma oregonense Sellick, Eophasma minor S
ellick, Eophasmina manchesteri Sellick, Pseudoperla gracilipes Pictet, Pseu
doperla lineata Pictet and various unclassified species from Grube Messel,
Baltic amber, and Dominican Republic amber. The oldest documented Euphasmid
a fossils are 44-49 million years old; molecular clock dating underestimate
s the origin of the sister group Timema by at least 24 million years.