Yuxiania jurassica Hong 1997 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1997. Discovery of fossil insects from Houcheng Formation of Hebei Province and establish of Houcheng entomofauna. Beijing Geology 1997(1):1-10

Belongs to Yuxiania according to Y. C. Hong 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Beijing Natural History Museum HW90/1, a tegmen. Its type locality is BP-15, Yuxian County, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Houcheng Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at BP-15, Yuxian County

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