Protochaeta lanceolata Handlirsch 1939 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Regiatidae

Alternative combination: Protogryllus lanceolatus

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240

Belongs to Protochaeta according to J. Ansorge 1996

See also Handlirsch 1939

Sister taxon: Protochaeta masculina

Type specimen: GPI EMAU 123/11, a wing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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