Insecta - Orthoptera - Proparagryllacrididae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1956. A re-examination of the mecopteroid and orthopteroid fossils (Insecta) from the Triassic beds at Denmark Hill, Queensland, with descriptions of further specimens. Australian Journal of Zoology 4:98-110
Parent taxon: Oedischioidea according to A. V. Gorochov 2013
See also Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1987, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2005, Riek 1976, Sharov 1968, Wappler 2000 and Wappler 2001
Sister taxa: Bintoniellidae, Mesoedischiidae, Oedischiidae, Pruvostitidae
Subtaxa: Gryllacrimima Kashgarlimahmutiinae Madygeniinae Oedischimiminae Proparagryllacridinae
Type: Proparagryllacris
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (3 collections), Kyrgyzstan (3), Lesotho (1), South Africa (4)
• Permian of France (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Kansas, Oklahoma)
Total: 15 collections including 35 occurrences