†Protosegestes lloydi Pierce 1944 (katydid)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1944. Fossil arthropods of California 4. Two interesting orthopteroids from diatomaceous deposits. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 43:12-17
Belongs to Protosegestes according to W. D. Pierce 1944
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACM S9004, a tegmen. Its type locality is South of abandoned pier at Fort MacArthur, which is in a Tortonian offshore shale in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at South of abandoned pier at Fort MacArthur
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