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
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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