Protogryllus irregularis Handlirsch 1939 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

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 Protogryllus according to A. Handlirsch 1939

Sister taxa: Protogryllus (Archaegryllodes), Protogryllus (Protogryllus), Protogryllus fissus, Protogryllus foliolum, Protogryllus formosus, Protogryllus hattorfensis, Protogryllus implicatus, Protogryllus laceratus, Protogryllus liadis, Protogryllus major, Protogryllus multoramosus, Protogryllus multovenosus, Protogryllus praeacutus, Protogryllus stenobasis, Protogryllus symmetricus, Protogryllus vicinus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection)

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