Pronemobius ornatipes Cockerell 1921 (field cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Some Eocene Insects from Colorado and Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:29-39

Belongs to Pronemobius according to S. W. Heads et al. 2023

See also Cockerell 1921 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Pronemobius induratus, Pronemobius tertiarius

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw

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