†Ciconipteryx bidactylus Schall et al. 2025 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae
Full reference: O. O. Schall, C. Cao, and M. Husemann. 2025. New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75:253-262
Belongs to Ciconipteryx according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPIH07210, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH 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 (GPIH collection)
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