Prototettix lithanthraca Goldenberg 1854

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Alternative combinations: Genopteryx lithanthraca, Gryllacris lithanthraca, Lithophasma lithanthraca

Full reference: F. Goldenberg. 1854. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken. Palaeontographica 4:17-38

Belongs to Prototettix according to G. Waterlot 1934

See also Brongniart 1885, Giebel 1856, Goldenberg 1852, Goldenberg 1854, Goldenberg 1873, Guthörl 1934, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1908, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1885 and von Schlechtendal 1913

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fischbach, Rußhütte, which is in a Westphalian C lacustrine shale in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany

Distribution: found only at Fischbach, Rußhütte

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