Cratozeunerella nervosa Martins-Neto 2003 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 2003. Systematics of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthopteroidea) from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin (Lower Cretaceous, northeast Brazil), with a description of new genera and species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):205-228

Belongs to Cratozeunerella according to R. G. Martins-Neto 2003

Sister taxa: Cratozeunerella amedegnatoi, Cratozeunerella godoii, Cratozeunerella neotropica, Cratozeunerella soaresi, Cratozeunerella titanella

Type specimen: RGMN-T126, a forewing. Its type locality is Crato, Pedra Branca Quarry (Martins-Neto collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Crato, Pedra Branca Quarry (Martins-Neto collection)

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