Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Plesioschwinzia lacoei
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499
Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Cockerell 1915, Gorochov and Coram 2023, Zessin 1983 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, 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 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 specimen: USNM 61390, a tegmen. Its type locality is Binton (Museum of Practical Geology collection), which is in a Hettangian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Binton (Museum of Practical Geology collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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