†Protroglophilus sukatshevae Gorochov 1989 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Raphidophoridae
Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 1989. A New Representative of Raphidophoridae (Orthoptera) from the Baltic Amber. Paleontological Journal 23(3):105-107
Belongs to Protroglophilus according to A. V. Gorochov 2010
See also Gorochov 1989
Sister taxa: Protroglophilus tachycinoides, Protroglophilus zeuneri
Type specimen: PIN 363/86, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 363), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 363)
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