Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combinations: Gomphocerites bernstorffi, Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi
Synonyms: Locustopsis dobbertinensis Handlirsch 1906, Locustopsis magnifica Handlirsch 1920
Full reference: F. E. Geinitz. 1880. Der Jura von Dobbertin in Mecklenburg und seine Versteinerungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 32:510-535
Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Ansorge 1996, Geinitz 1880, Geinitz 1884, Gorochov and Coram 2023, Handlirsch 1906, Zessin 1983, Zessin 1988 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, 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 karatavica, 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 specimens:
- Locustopsis bernstorffi: GPI EMAU 117/6, an elytra. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Locustopsis dobbertinensis: GPI EMAU 122/3,5, an elytra. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Locustopsis magnifica: GPI EMAU 123/116, an elytra. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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