Zorotypus cretatus Engel and Grimaldi 2002 (winged insect)

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2002. The first Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta). American Museum Novitates 3362:1-20

Belongs to Zorotypus according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2002

Sister taxa: Zorotypus (Octozoros), Zorotypus (Zorotypus), Zorotypus palaeus

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-044, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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