Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Alternative combination: Blattidium achelous

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396

Belongs to Mesogryllus according to H. Wang et al. 2018

See also Gorochov et al. 2006, Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1864, Westwood 1854 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHM I.12302, a tegmen. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.)

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