Curvellipsoentomoolithus laddi Lee et al. 2024 (grasshopper eggs)

Insecta - Entomoolithidae

Full reference: J. Lee, N. A. Famoso, and A. Lin. 2024. Microtomography of an enigmatic fossil egg clutch from the Oligocene John Day Formation, Oregon, USA, reveals an exquisitely preserved 29-million-year-old fossil grasshopper ootheca. Parks Stewardship Forum 40(1):139-179

Belongs to Curvellipsoentomoolithus according to J. Lee et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JODA 17384, an egg. Its type locality is JDNM-9, Blue Basin, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial claystone/tuff in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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