†Mirhipipteryx antillarum Heads 2010 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae
Full reference: S. W. Heads. 2010. New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:204-210
Belongs to Mirhipipteryx according to S. W. Heads 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-15-193, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
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