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 Locustopsis according to W. Zessin 1983
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis anatolica, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis elongata, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis mecklenburgica, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis spectabilis, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: LG 394/1(2), a tegmen. Its type locality is Lehmhagen, near Grimmen (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lehmhagen, near Grimmen (Zessin collection)
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