Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Alternative combination: Nemobius tertiarius
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776
Belongs to Pronemobius according to S. W. Heads et al. 2023
See also Gorochov 2012, Handlirsch 1907, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890 and Zeuner 1939
Sister taxa: Pronemobius induratus, Pronemobius ornatipes
Type specimen: 18, a set of appendages (hind femur & hind tibia). Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (14: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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