†Neocurtilla schmidtgeni Zeuner 1937 (mole cricket)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 6(8):154-159
Belongs to Neocurtilla according to F. E. Zeuner 1939
See also Zeuner 1937 and Zeuner 1938
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMM Hydrobienkalk coll 122, a set of appendages (foreleg). Its type locality is Dyckeroff's quarry, Biebrich near Mainz-Castel, which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Hydrobienkalk Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dyckeroff's quarry, Biebrich near Mainz-Castel
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