Schwinzia sola Zessin 1983 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Full reference: W. Zessin. 1983. Revision der mesozoischen Familie Locustopsidae unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde (Orthopteroida, Caelifera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30:173-237

Belongs to Schwinzia according to W. Zessin 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LD 1618/1(2), a tegmen. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

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

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