Crinoedischia lapeyriei Fernandes et al. 2015 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Proparagryllacrididae

Full reference: F. R. Fernandes, J. Prokop, and A. Nel. 2015. Discovery of the genus Crinoedischia in the Middle Permian of France (Insecta: Orthoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 50:260-263

Belongs to Crinoedischia according to F. R. Fernandes et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Crinoedischia buttsi, Crinoedischia noblensis

Type specimen: Ld LAP 5A bis, a forewing. Its type locality is F19, Arièges, Lodève Basin, which is in a Kungurian pond claystone in the Salagou Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at F19, Arièges, Lodève Basin

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