Madygenia ovalis 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

Belongs to Madygenia according to A. V. Gorochov 2005

See also Gorochov 1987

Sister taxa: Madygenia extremalis, Madygenia longissima, Madygenia orientalis

Type specimen: PIN 2240/4153a, a forewing (fragment). Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2240, Dzhailoucho area, which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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