†Proanaxipha madgesuttonae Heads and Penney 2012 (true crickets)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Full reference: S. W. Heads and D. Penney. 2012. Taxonomic names, in A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae). ZooKeys 229:111-118
Belongs to Proanaxipha according to S. W. Heads and D. Penney 2012
Sister taxon: Proanaxipha latoca
Type specimen: NHM II 3048, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican Amber (NHML/BMNH collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican Amber (NHML/BMNH collection)
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