Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Full reference: J. J. Gu, Y. L. Yue, F. M. Shi, H. Tian, and D. Ren. 2016. First Jurassic grasshopper (Insecta, Caelifera) from China. Zootaxa 4169:377-380
Belongs to Locustopsis according to J. J. Gu et al. 2016
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 shurabica, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis spectabilis, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: CNU-ORT-NN2011010, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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