Ontogryllus rossi Gorochov 2019 (field cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2019. Crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera) from the latest Eocene of the Isle of Wight, southern England, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:317-329

Belongs to Ontogryllus according to A. V. Gorochov 2019

Sister taxa: Ontogryllus oligocenus, Ontogryllus vetus

Type specimen: NHMUK In.25806, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)

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