Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216
Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Sharov 1968 and Zessin 1983
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis brodiei, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis constricta, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis godoii, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis lacoei, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis nervosa, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis posterior, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis sharovi, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sinensis, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis soaresi, Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis thalassophila, Locustopsis titanella, Locustopsis uvarovi, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: PIN 2239/394, a forewing (forewing without anal region). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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