Caririgryllus arthaudi 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

Belongs to Caririgryllus according to R. G. Martins-Neto 1991

Sister taxa: Caririgryllus brachypterus, Caririgryllus elongatus, Caririgryllus mesai, Caririgryllus pilosus

Type specimen: CV-1088, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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