Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Plesioschwinzia posterior
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
Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Gorochov and Coram 2023 and Gorochov et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis brodiei, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis constricta, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis godoii, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis lacoei, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis nervosa, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis sharovi, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sinensis, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis soaresi, Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis thalassophila, Locustopsis titanella, Locustopsis uvarovi, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: Sedgwick Museum 36, a tegmen. Its type locality is Ridgeway (Fisher collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Ridgeway (Fisher collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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