Cearagryllus Martins-Neto 1991 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Baissogryllidae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1991. Sistemática dos Ensifera (Insecta, Orthopteroida) da formação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 14(32):5-160

Parent taxon: Cearagryllinae according to R. G. Martins-Neto 2009

See also Gorochov 1995, Martins-Neto 1991 and Martins-Neto 1999

Sister taxa: Allocearagryllus, Anglogryllus, Cearagrylloides, Cryptocearagryllus, Notocearagryllus, Paracearagryllus, Santanagryllus

Subtaxa: Cearagryllus gorochovi Cearagryllus monstruosus Cearagryllus robustus

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Type: Cearagryllus monstruosus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences

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