Insecta - Orthoptera - Vitimiidae
Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216
Parent taxon: Ensifera according to A. V. Gorochov et al. 2006
See also Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1989, Gorochov 1995 and Sharov 1968
Sister taxa: Acridiites, Acridiites liasinus, Araripemyrmecophilops, Elcanidea, Elcanopsis, Falsirameus, Gryllidea, Gryllobencain, Kulmbachiellon fragile, Liadolocusta auscultans, Liassogrylloides, Locusta prisca, Locustopsites gigantea, Oedischiidea, Palaeorehniidae, Phasmomimoidea, Tettavidae, Tettigoniidea, Thnetus, Triassomanteidae, Yuxiania
Subtaxa: Deinovitimia Vitimia
Type: Vitimia
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence