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Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae

Insecta - Orthoptera - Burmecaelidae

Taxonomy
Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae was named by Schall et al. (2025). Its type specimen is OA-2025-03-WYY, an exoskeleton (forewing), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Zhendong Lian/Asian Amber Musum collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae Schall et al. p. 175 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderTridactylidea
familyBurmecaelidae
genusBurmecaelinus
speciesyungyenwangae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae Schall et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 23:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae (type locality: 276676)