†Magnidactylus Xu et al. 2020 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae
Full reference: C. P. Xu, Y. Fang, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2020. A new pygmy mole cricket (Orthoptera: Tridactyloidea: Tridactylidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 111(104371)
Parent taxon: Ripipterygidae according to J. J. Gu et al. 2022
See also Xu et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Abaddonella, Archaicaripipteryx, Burmaripipteryx, Ciconipteryx, Kallosripipteryx, Mirhipipteryx, Ozymandipteryx, Yakkhapipteryx
Subtaxa: Magnidactylus robustus
Type: Magnidactylus robustus
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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