Archaicaripipteryx rotunda Xu et al. 2020 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae

Full reference: C. P. Xu, H. C. Zhang, E. A. Jarzembowski and Y. Fang. 2020. The first Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 112(104356)

Belongs to Archaicaripipteryx according to C. P. Xu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP171000, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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