Sunoprophalangopsis superba Ren 1995 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: D. Ren. 1995. Insecta. Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas 47-121

Belongs to Sunoprophalangopsis according to D. Ren 1995

Sister taxa: Sunoprophalangopsis clathrata, Sunoprophalangopsis elegantis, Sunoprophalangopsis scupta, Sunoprophalangopsis sparsula

Type specimen: BH91003, a tegmen. Its type locality is Haifanggou, Beipiao City (GMCB collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian terrestrial mudstone in the Haifanggou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Haifanggou, Beipiao City (GMCB collection)

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