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Protogryllus (Protogryllus) sedgwicki

Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

Taxonomy
Acheta sedgwicki was named by Brodie (1845). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Achaetites sedgwicki by Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Protogryllus sedgwicki by Zeuner (1939); it was recombined as Protogryllus (Protogryllus) sedgwicki by Pérez-de la Fuente et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Acheta sedgwicki Brodie pp. 6, 118 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1906Achaetites sedgwicki Handlirsch p. 523 figs. Pl XLIV fig 13
1939Protogryllus sedgwicki Zeuner p. 196 figs. Pl 58, fig 3
2012Protogryllus (Protogryllus) sedgwicki Pérez-de la Fuente et al.

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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
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGrylloidea
familyProtogryllidae()
subfamilyProtogryllinae
genusProtogryllus
subgenusProtogryllusHandlirsch 1906
speciessedgwicki()

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.

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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: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Acheta sedgwicki (type locality: 104008)