Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Synonym: Pseudogryllotalpidae Gu et al. 2024
Full reference: J. N. E. Laicharting. 1781. Verzeichniß und Beschreibung der Tyroler-Insecten. I. Theil. Käferartige Insecten. I. Band 1-248
Parent taxon: Gryllidea according to J. Gu et al. 2024
See also Cadena-Castañeda et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Fortigryllus, Gryllavoidea, Grylloidea, Gryllotalpoidea
Subtaxa: Burmagryllotalpa Chunxiania Pherodactylus
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Miocene of Croatia (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (3), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (5), France (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (27: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), France (1)
• Cretaceous of Botswana (1), Brazil (6), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (7), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (4), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 83 collections including 169 occurrences