Praelocustopsis mirabilis Sharov 1968 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustavidae

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216

Belongs to Praelocustopsis according to A. V. Gorochov 2005

See also Sharov 1968 and Zessin 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2010/2, a wing (fore & hindwings). Its type locality is Bugarikta (PIN collection 2010), which is in a Changhsingian terrestrial mudstone in the Bugarikta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bugarikta (PIN collection 2010)

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