Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae
Alternative combinations: Gryllus dobbertinensis, Protogryllus dobbertinensis
Synonyms: Protogryllus cantans Handlirsch 1939, Protogryllus musicus Handlirsch 1939
Full reference: F. E. Geinitz. 1880. Der Jura von Dobbertin in Mecklenburg und seine Versteinerungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 32:510-535
Belongs to Protogryllus (Protogryllus) according to R. PĂ©rez-de la Fuente et al. 2012
See also Ansorge 1996, Ansorge 2003, Geinitz 1880, Geinitz 1884, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Jarzembowski 1996 and Zeuner 1939
Sister taxa: Protogryllus (Protogryllus) acutipennis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) femina, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) germanicus, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) grandis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) minor, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) parallelus, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) sedgwicki
Type specimens:
- Protogryllus (Protogryllus) dobbertinensis: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany
- Protogryllus cantans: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Protogryllus musicus: Its type locality is Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
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