Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae

Full reference: C. P. Xu, H. C. Zhang, E. A. Jarzembowski and Y. Fang. 2020. The first Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 112(104356)

Parent taxon: Ripipterygidae according to C. P. Xu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Burmaripipteryx, Kallosripipteryx, Magnidactylus, Mirhipipteryx

Subtaxa: Archaicaripipteryx rotunda

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Type: Archaicaripipteryx rotunda

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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