†Mesacridites elongata Riek 1954 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustavidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1954. Further Triassic insects from Brookvale, NSW (orders Orthoptera Saltatoria, Protorthoptera, Perlaria). Records of the Australian Museum 23(4):161-168
Belongs to Mesacridites according to O. Béthoux 2020
See also Béthoux and Ross 2005 and Riek 1954
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Australian Museum F.30970, a forewing (partial forewing). Its type locality is Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection), which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection)
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