Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Alternative combinations: Gryllus oligocaenicus, Gryllus oligocenus
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 rossi, Ontogryllus vetus
Type specimen: BMNH In. 24329, 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:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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