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Pronemobius tertiarius

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Taxonomy
Nemobius tertiarius was named by Scudder (1878). Its type specimen is 18, a set of appendages (hind femur & hind tibia), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Pronemobius tertiarius by Scudder (1890), Handlirsch (1907), Zeuner (1939), Gorochov (2012) and Heads et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Nemobius tertiarius Scudder p. 774
1890Pronemobius tertiarius Scudder p. 235 figs. Pl 6 figs 13, 21, 23
1907Pronemobius tertiarius Handlirsch p. 684
1939Pronemobius tertiarius Zeuner p. 228 figs. Pl 65, figs 2,4,6
2012Pronemobius tertiarius Gorochov p. 361 figs. 10-12
2023Pronemobius tertiarius Heads et al. p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGrylloidea
familyGryllidae()
subfamilyGryllinae
tribeGryllini
genusPronemobius
speciestertiarius()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pronemobius tertiarius Scudder 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Nemobius tertiarius (121306 type locality: 121322) Pronemobius tertiarius (122090)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Pronemobius tertiarius (138664 138670 138671 138673 138674 138684 138685 138809 153998 154003 159279)