Mesolocustopsis angusta Gorochov et al. 2006 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

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 Mesolocustopsis according to A. V. Gorochov et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Mesolocustopsis anglica, Mesolocustopsis problematica, Mesolocustopsis sinica

Type specimen: BMB 018604/-5, a tegmen. Its type locality is Auclaye Brickworks (BMB collection), which is in a Barremian lagoonal claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Auclaye Brickworks (BMB collection)

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