Cretoxya Gorochov et al. 2006 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2006. Grasshoppers and crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 27:641-662

Parent taxon: Mongoloxyinae according to A. V. Gorochov et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Baisoxya, Birmitoxya, Mongoloxya, Monodactyloides

Subtaxa: Cretoxya rasnitsyni

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Type: Cretoxya rasnitsyni

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB66, Soft Cockle Beds, Swanage (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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