Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae
Alternative combination: Protogryllus acutipennis
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1920. Palaeontologie. Handbuch der Entomologie 3:117-208
Belongs to Protogryllus (Protogryllus) according to R. Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2012
See also Ansorge 1996 and Handlirsch 1920
Sister taxa: Protogryllus (Protogryllus) dobbertinensis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) femina, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) germanicus, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) grandis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) minor, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) parallelus, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) sedgwicki
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:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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