A new member of Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from Cretaceous Kachin amber suggests possible Gondwanan origin of extant Asian monkey hoppers

2026/01/24 by Ole-Kristian Odin Schall, Enrico Bonino, Martin Husemann · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Fossil Insects in Amber #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2026.201080

openalex publication_date 2026/01/24 · crossref created 2026/01/24 · openalex created_date 2026/01/25 · crossref deposited 2026/05/20 · crossref issued 2026/06/01 · crossref published 2026/06/01 · crossref published-print 2026/06/01 · crossref indexed 2026/06/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/05

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• Age constraint on Burmese amber based on U–Pb dating of zircons
• 300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling
• The first Cretaceous Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera) from Burmese amber

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