Parafergania Gorochov 1987 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Proparagryllacrididae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 1987. New fossil Orthopterans of the families Adumbratomrphidae fam. n, Pruvostitidae and Proparagryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Perm and Triassic deposits of the USSR. Vestnik Zoologii 1987(4):20-28

Parent taxon: Ademirsoyinae according to H. Ă–zdikmen 2008

See also Gorochov 1987, Gorochov 1995 and Gorochov 2005

Sister taxa: Archifergania, Crinoedischia, Kashgarlimahmutia

Subtaxa: Parafergania sharovi

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 2069, Dzhailoucho area (Triassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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