Caputoraptor elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alienoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Dictyoptera Ordo: †Alienoptera

Familia: †Alienopteridae
Genus: †Caputoraptor
Species: †Caputoraptor elegans

Name

Caputoraptor elegans Bai et al., 2018

Distribution

Asia

• Myanmar
  • Burmese amber

Temporal range: Cretaceous

References

• Bai, M., Beutel, R.G., Zhang, W., Wang, S., Hörnig, M., Gröhn, C., Yan, E., Yang, X. & Wipfler, B. 2018. A new Cretaceous insect with a unique cephalo-thoracic scissor device. Current Biology 28(3): 438–443. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.031 . Reference page. 

Links

• Caputoraptor elegans – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.