Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combinations: Gomphocerites bucklandi, Gryllus bucklandi
Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130
Belongs to Locustopsis according to W. Zessin 1983
See also Brodie 1845, Cockerell 1915, Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1852 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis anatolica, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis elongata, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis mecklenburgica, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis spectabilis, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: NHM I 3555, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grafton, Warwickshire, which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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