†Chunxiangus shii Luo et al. 2025 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Full reference: D. Luo, C. Xiao, and C. Luo. 2025. Chunxiangus shii gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of Umenocoleidae (Dictyoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 28(2:a31):1-10
Belongs to Chunxiangus according to D. Luo et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP207227, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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