This Burmese amber with Manipulator roach inclusion preserves a fossil cockroach-like insect of the extinct genus Manipulator, encased in Cretaceous Burmese amber. Its distinctive elongated body, long legs, and specialized morphology allow direct observation of this unusual Cretaceous insect. Manipulator is notable for its unusual predatory adaptations and represents an extinct lineage known from Burmese amber, providing insight into the diversity of cockroach relatives during the age of dinosaurs.
 
Product Details
 
• Species: Manipulator roach (Manipulator sp.)
• Order: Blattodea
• Origin: Burmese amber
• Age: Approximately 100 million years
• Period: Cretaceous
• Status: Extinct
• Dimensions: 1 inches
• Weight: 1 grams
 
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