Paracyrtophyllites popovi Gorochov 1992 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tuphellidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 1992. Novye iskopaemye pryamokrylye (Orthoptera) i palochnik (Phasmoptera) iz Mezozoya i Paleozoya Mongolii. Novye Taksony Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Rossiisko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 4:117-121

Belongs to Paracyrtophyllites according to A. V. Gorochov 1992

Sister taxon: Paracyrtophyllites undulatus

Type specimen: PIN 4270/29, a tegmen. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 434/2 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 434/2 (PIN collection 4270)

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