†Magnidactylus robustus 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)
Belongs to Magnidactylus according to C. P. Xu et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Magnidactylus gracilis, Magnidactylus mirus
Type specimen: NIGP171988, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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