Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Cratozeunerella titanella
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 2003. Systematics of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthopteroidea) from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin (Lower Cretaceous, northeast Brazil), with a description of new genera and species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):205-228
Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Martins-Neto 2003
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis brodiei, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis constricta, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis godoii, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis lacoei, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis nervosa, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis posterior, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis sharovi, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sinensis, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis soaresi, Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis thalassophila, Locustopsis uvarovi, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: RGMN-T127, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato, Pedra Branca Quarry (Martins-Neto collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Crato, Pedra Branca Quarry (Martins-Neto collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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