†Griphopteron molle Handlirsch 1939 (ice crawler)
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Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Blattogryllidae
Synonyms: Griphopteron simile Handlirsch 1939, Griphopteron singulare Handlirsch 1939
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 Griphopteron according to S. Y. Storozhenko and D. S. Aristov 2014
See also Ansorge 1996, Handlirsch 1939 and Storozhenko 1998
Sister taxon: Griphopteron iya
Type specimens:
- Griphopteron molle: GPI EMAU 123/177, a wing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Griphopteron simile: GPI EMAU 123/179, a wing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Griphopteron singulare: GPI EMAU 123/178, a wing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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