Magnidactylus Xu et al. 2020 (grasshopper)

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

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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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