Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae
Alternative spelling: Protogryllinae
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
Parent taxon: Grylloidea according to R. Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2012
See also Ansorge 1996, Gorochov 1992, Gorochov 1995, Zeuner 1937 and Zeuner 1939
Sister taxa: Araripegryllus romualdoi, Baissogryllidae, Mogoplistidae, Oecanthidae, Phalangopsidae, Pteroplistinae, Trigonidiidae
Subtaxa: Aenigmagryllus Falsispeculinae Karataogryllinae Protogryllinae
Type: Protogryllus
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (10), India (1), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 30 collections including 56 occurrences