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Weird new insect species from the Cretaceous of Myanmar

Started by Halichoeres, March 25, 2018, 03:56:46 PM

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March 25, 2018, 03:56:46 PM Last Edit: January 28, 2021, 04:58:21 PM by Halichoeres
Meet Caputoraptor elegans. This newly described member of the †Alienoptera had projections from the posterior part of the head capsule and the anterior/dorsal thorax that appears to have been used by females to grasp males during mating.



Paper (paywall): http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)31664-0

decent write-up: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-unique-cephalo-thoracic-scissors-extinct-insect.html
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