Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Tertiary Fossil Insects from Argentina. Nature 116(2924):711-712

Belongs to Gryllus according to F. E. Zeuner 1939

See also Cockerell 1925

Sister taxa: Gryllus (Locusta), Gryllus (Mantis), Gryllus (Tettigonia), Gryllus lineiceps, Gryllus religiosus, Liogryllus rottensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Station 2; Sunchal, which is in a Paleocene lacustrine - small mudstone/limestone in the Margas Verdes Formation of Argentina

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Station 2; Sunchal

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