Palaeotrigonidium Gu et al. 2024 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Full reference: J. J. Gu, Y. Zhou, and W. Yuan. 2024. New genera and species of Trigonidiidae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a redescription of Birmaninemobius hirsutus. Insects 15(442)

Parent taxon: Trigonidiidae according to J. J. Gu et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Abanaxipha, Birmaninemobius, Curvospurus, Cyrtoxipha, Nemobiinae, Qiongqi, Tricalcaratus, Trigonidiinae

Subtaxa: Palaeotrigonidium concavoculus Palaeotrigonidium defectivus

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Type: Palaeotrigonidium concavoculus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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