Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Alternative combination: Gryllus vetus
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:453-480
Belongs to Ontogryllus according to A. V. Gorochov 2019
See also Cockerell 1921 and Zeuner 1939
Sister taxa: Ontogryllus oligocenus, Ontogryllus rossi
Type specimen: BMNH In. 34328, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll)
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