Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Alternative combination: Locusta speciosa
Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1839. Die versteinerten Insecten Solenhofens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(1):187-222
Belongs to Pycnophlebia according to F. E. Zeuner 1939
See also Carpenter 1932, Deichmüller 1886, Germar 1839, Handlirsch 1906, Oppenheim 1888, Scudder 1885 and Weyenbergh 1869
Sister taxa: Pycnophlebia deichmuelleri, Pycnophlebia minor, Pycnophlebia obesa, Pycnophlebia robusta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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