Cratolocustopsis 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

Parent taxon: Locustopsidae according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025

See also Martins-Neto 2003

Sister taxa: Araripelocustinae, Conocephalella, Eolocustopsis, Locustopsinae, Locustopsis, Parapleurites, Phaneropterites, Pseudoacrida, Pseudoacridinae, Schwinzia

Subtaxa: Cratolocustopsis aquila Cratolocustopsis contumax Cratolocustopsis cretacea Cratolocustopsis reticulata

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Type: Locustopsis cretacea

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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