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Locustopsis gyra

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Taxonomy
Locustopsis gyra was named by Zessin (1983). Its type specimen is Humboldt Museum LD 968, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.

Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-03-08; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-12-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Locustopsis gyra Zessin p. 200 fig. 26,65
1988Locustopsis gyra Zessin p. 113 figs. Pl 3, fig 3; pl 5, figs 1-3; text-figs 10,11
1996Locustopsis gyra Ansorge p. 29 figs. 21; Pl 4 fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
—Acridomorpha
superfamilyLocustopsoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyLocustopsidae
subfamilyLocustopsinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusLocustopsis
speciesgyra

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.

†Locustopsis gyra Zessin 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Locustopsis gyra (114993 114994)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Locustopsis gyra (114991)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany Locustopsis gyra (type locality: 104056)