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Acridomorpha
Taxonomy
Acridomorpha is an unranked clade. It is extant.
It was assigned to Acrididea by Song et al. (2015), Song et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Acrididea by Song et al. (2015), Song et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Acridomorpha Song et al. |
| 2020 | Acridomorpha Song et al. |
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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.
Unr. Acridomorpha
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Superfm. Acridoidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. Acrididae Latreille 1802 [short-horned grasshopper]
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Subfm. Acridinae Latreille 1802 [slant-faced grasshopper]
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Invalid names: Acridini Latreille 1802 [empty]
Subfm. Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 [spur-throated grasshopper]
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Tr. Catantopini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
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G. †Miocaenacris Zeuner 1931
G. †Protocatantops Zeuner 1931
Tr. Euprepocnemini
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Invalid names: Oedipoda imperialis Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda melanosticta Charpentier 1843 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Euthymiini [empty], Protocatantops miocaenicus Zeuner 1931 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby 1902 [spur-throated grasshopper]
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Subfm. Gomphocerinae Fieber 1853
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Tr. Chrysochraontini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
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Subfm. Melanoplinae Scudder 1897
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Subfm. Oedipodinae Walker 1871 [band-winged grasshopper]
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G. Chimarocephala Scudder 1875
Invalid names: Gryllacris kittli Handlirsch 1907 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda nigrofasciolata Heer 1849 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Acrydium barthelemyi Hope 1848 [nomen dubium], Gomphocerus abstrusus Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Gomphocerus femoralis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Nanthacia Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Nanthacia torpida Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda germari Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda haidingeri Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda longipennis Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda oeningensis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda partschi Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda praefocata Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda pulchra Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Oedipoda saussurei Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Orthacanthacris lineata Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Pardalophora hungarica Pongrácz 1928 [nomen dubium], Tryxalis kudiana Cockerell 1927 [nomen dubium], Tyrbula scudderi Cockerell 1914 [nomen dubium]
Fm. Pamphagidae Stal 1873 [toad grasshopper]
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Fm. Romaleidae Pictet and Saussure 1887 [lubber grasshopper]
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Subfm. Romaleinae Pictet and Saussure 1887
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Superfm. Eumastacoidea Burr 1899
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Fm. Chorotypidae Stål 1873
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G. †Paleochina Schubnel et al. 2020
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†Paleochina duvergeri Schubnel et al. 2020
†Paleochina minuta Schubnel et al. 2020
Fm. Episactidae Burr 1899
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Subfm. Episactinae Burr 1899
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Subfm. Espagnolinae Rehn and Rehn 1939
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G. Antillacris Rehn and Rehn 1939
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Antillacris eumenes Perez et al. 1997
Antillacris explicatrix Rehn and Rehn 1939
Antillacris inflaticercus Perez et al. 1997
G. Tainacris Perez et al. 1997
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Tainacris divergentis Perez et al. 1997
Tainacris nitaina Perez et al. 1997
Tainacris quisqueiana Perez et al. 1997
Fm. Eumastacidae Burr 1899 [monkey grasshopper]
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G. †Eoerianthus Gorochov 2012
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†Eoerianthus eocaenicus Gorochov 2012
†Eoerianthus multispinosus Scudder 1890
G. †Taphacris Scudder 1890
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†Taphacris bittaciformis Cockerell 1909
†Taphacris reliquata Scudder 1890
†Taphacris stenosis Lin 1977
†Taphacris turgis Lin 1980
Invalid names: Eobanksia Cockerell 1909 [synonym]
Fm. †Promastacidae Kevan and Wighton 1981
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Superfm. †Locustopsoidea Handlirsch 1906
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Fm. †Bouretidae Martins-Neto 2001
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Fm. †Locustavidae Sharov 1968
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G. †Ferganopsis Sharov 1968
Subfm. †Locustavinae Sharov 1968
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G. †Brevilocustavus Gorochov 2005
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†Brevilocustavus distinctus Gorochov 2005
†Brevilocustavus microscopicus Gorochov 2005
G. †Locustavus Sharov 1968
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†Locustavus deformatus Gorochov 2005
†Locustavus intermedius Gorochov 2005
†Locustavus lanceolatus Sharov 1968
†Locustavus madygensis Sharov 1968
†Locustavus minutus Gorochov 2005
†Locustavus problematicus Gorochov 2005
Subfm. †Praelocustopsinae Gorochov 2011
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Fm. †Locustopsidae Handlirsch 1906
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Subfm. †Araripelocustinae Martins-Neto 1995
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G. †Araripelocusta Martins-Neto 1995
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†Araripelocusta brevis Martins-Neto 1995
†Araripelocusta longinota Martins-Neto 1995
G. †Conocephalella Strand 1928
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†Conocephalella capito Deichmüller 1886
Invalid names: Conocephalites Handlirsch 1906 [replaced]
G. †Cratolocustopsis Martins-Neto 2003
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†Cratolocustopsis araripensis Martins-Neto 1990
†Cratolocustopsis contumax Martins-Neto 2003
†Cratolocustopsis cretacea Martins-Neto 1990
G. †Cratozeunerella Martins-Neto 1998
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†Cratozeunerella amedegnatoi Martins-Neto 1998
†Cratozeunerella godoii Martins-Neto 2003
†Cratozeunerella neotropica Martins-Neto 1998
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Invalid names: Cratozeunerella nordestina Martins-Neto 1998 [synonym]
†Cratozeunerella nervosa Martins-Neto 2003
†Cratozeunerella soaresi Martins-Neto 2003
†Cratozeunerella titanella Martins-Neto 2003
Subfm. †Locustopsinae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Locustopsis Handlirsch 1906
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†Locustopsis africanus Ansorge 1991
†Locustopsis anatolica Sharov 1968
†Locustopsis apicalis Zherikhin 1985
†Locustopsis bucklandi Brodie 1845
†Locustopsis cockerelli Handlirsch 1939
†Locustopsis cubitalis Zeuner 1942
†Locustopsis dubia Handlirsch 1939
†Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch 1906
†Locustopsis elongata Handlirsch 1906
†Locustopsis ferghanensis Martynov 1937
†Locustopsis germari Münster 1842
†Locustopsis gyra Zessin 1983
†Locustopsis karatavica Sharov 1968
†Locustopsis latipennis Martynov 1937
†Locustopsis maculosa Bode 1953
†Locustopsis mecklenburgica Zessin 1983
†Locustopsis nana Handlirsch 1939
†Locustopsis picta Zherikhin 1985
†Locustopsis reducta Handlirsch 1939
†Locustopsis rhytofemoralis Gu et al. 2016
†Locustopsis shurabica Sharov 1968
†Locustopsis sippeli Zessin 1983
†Locustopsis spectabilis Zeuner 1942
Invalid names: Brodiana Zeuner 1942 [synonym], Gomphocerites Heer 1852 [synonym]
G. †Mesolocustopsis Hong and Wang 1990
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†Mesolocustopsis anglica Gorochov et al. 2006
†Mesolocustopsis angusta Gorochov et al. 2006
†Mesolocustopsis problematica Gorochov et al. 2006
†Mesolocustopsis sinica Hong and Wang 1990
G. †Plesioschwinzia Zessin 1988
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†Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi Geinitz 1880
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Invalid names: Locustopsis dobbertinensis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Locustopsis magnifica Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]
†Plesioschwinzia constricta Zeuner 1942
†Plesioschwinzia gracilis Zeuner 1942
†Plesioschwinzia kruegeri Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia lacera Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia lacoei Cockerell 1915
†Plesioschwinzia posterior Gorochov et al. 2006
†Plesioschwinzia procera Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia pulchella Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia reticulata Handlirsch 1939
†Plesioschwinzia sharovi Gorochov and Coram 2023
†Plesioschwinzia thalassophila Zessin 1988
†Plesioschwinzia uvarovi Zeuner 1942
G. †Zessinia Martins-Neto 1990
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†Zessinia borealis Gorochov et al. 2006
†Zessinia caririensis Martins-Neto 1990
†Zessinia petruleviciusi Martins-Neto 2003
†Zessinia pulcherrima Martins-Neto 1990
†Zessinia reticulata Martins-Neto 1990
†Zessinia vikingi Martins-Neto 2003
G. †Zeunerella Sharov 1968
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†Zeunerella arborea Sharov 1968
†Zeunerella lewisi Kevan and Wighton 1981
†Zeunerella prior Gorochov et al. 2006
G. †Locustrix Martins-Neto 2003
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†Locustrix audax Martins-Neto 2003
†Locustrix gallegoi Martins-Neto 2003
G. †Parapleurites Brauer et al. 1889
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†Parapleurites gracilis Brauer et al. 1889
†Parapleurites morrisonensis Smith et al. 2011
†Parapleurites sibiricus Sharov 1968
G. †Phaneropterites Handlirsch 1906
G. †Pseudoacrida Lin 1982
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†Pseudoacrida costata Lin 1982
†Pseudoacrida sennlaubi Nel and Jouault 2021
G. †Sinolocustopsis Huang and Nel 2024
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†Sinolocustopsis brevis Huang and Nel 2024
†Sinolocustopsis elongatus Huang and Nel 2024
Superfm. Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874
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Fm. Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874 [gaudy grasshopper]
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Subfm. Pyrgomorphinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874
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Invalid names: Tanaoceroidea Rehn 1948 [empty], Trigonopterygoidea Walker 1870 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Holocene or 254.17000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Collections (150 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Praelocustopsis mirabilis (113449) | |
| Changhsingian | South Africa (Natal) | Eolocustopsis primitiva (124428) | |
| Anisian | Australia (New South Wales) | Mesacridites elongata (106483) | |
| Ladinian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Brevilocustavus microscopicus (106090) Ferganopsis lanceolatus, Locustavus problematicus, Locustavus intermedius, Locustavus deformatus, Locustavus minutus (106088) Locustavus madygensis (110763) Locustavus problematicus, Locustavus intermedius, Locustavus minutus, Miolocustavus reductus, Brevilocustavus distinctus (105007) | |
| Longobardian | China (Shaanxi) | Locustavidae indet. (183209) | |
| Norian | Australia (Queensland) | Triassolocusta leptoptera (106484 111558) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (England) | Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis dobbertinensis, Locustopsis constricta, Locustopsis nana, Brodiana cubitalis (113961) | |
| Rhaetian | United Kingdom (Somerset) | Plesioschwinzia sharovi (193353) | |
| Angulata | Switzerland | Gomphocerites bucklandi (131766) | |
| Early/Lower Hettangian | United Kingdom (England) | Gryllus bucklandi (113960) Locustopsis bucklandi (113956) Locustopsis lacoei (114682) | |
| Planorbis | United Kingdom (England) | Locustopsis spectabilis (115368) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Kyrgyzstan (Tonskiy) | Locustopsis anatolica (105086 105087) | |
| Obtusum | United Kingdom (England) | Locustopsis spectabilis (114637) | |
| Turneri | United Kingdom (England) | Locustopsis spectabilis (123282) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Acridiopsis spoliata (107558) Liadolocusta ornata (107323) Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis procera (114995) Locustopsis maculosa (107552) Locustopsis sp. (153458) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Locustopsis sp 1, Locustopsis sp 2, Locustopsis sp 3, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis gyra (114993) Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis gyra (114994) Locustopsis sippeli (114992) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis gyra, Plesioschwinzia thalassophila (114991) Locustopsis reticulata, Locustopsis elongata, Locustopsis magnifica, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis dobbertinensis, Gomphocerites bernstorffi, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis dubia, Gomphocerites bernstorffi (123987) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | Locustopsidae indet. (234546) | |
| Toarcian | Kyrgyzstan (Batken) | Locustopsis shurabica (110817) | |
| Toarcian | Russian Federation (Irkutsk) | Parapleurites gracilis (114696) Parapleurites sibiricus (104995) | |
| Toarcian | Germany | Locustopsis spp., Locustopsis sp. 13, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis gyra, Schwinzia sola, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis lacera, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis mecklenburgica (104056) | |
| Toarcian | Kyrgyzstan | Locustopsis ferghanensis (114702) Locustopsis latipennis (114703) | |
| Aalenian | China (Shaanxi) | Sinolocustopsis elongatus, Sinolocustopsis brevis (222545) | |
| Bajocian - Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Locustopsis spp., Locustopsis picta (118010) | |
| Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Locustopsis apicalis (125474) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Locustopsis rhytofemoralis (117610) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Locustopsis karatavica (105971) Locustopsis karatavica, Archaeomastax jurassicus (106101) | |
| Kimmeridgian | USA (Colorado) | Parapleurites morrisonensis (102476) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Conocephalites capito (122586 139876) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Conocephalus capito (121197) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Phaneroptera germari (123144 123906 123985 133578) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Locustopsidae indet. (104004) Zessinia borealis, Britannacrida distincta (104007) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Mesolocustopsis anglica (103833) | |
| Berriasian - Valanginian | Egypt | Locustopsis africanus (114156) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | Zeunerella prior (106281) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Mesolocustopsis angusta (118921) Mesolocustopsis problematica (45193) | |
| Barremian | China (Ningxia) | Pseudoacrida costata (123447) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | Mesolocustopsis sinica (154886 154887) Pseudoacrida costata (125196) | |
| Aptian | China (Zhejiang) | Taphacris turgis (155596) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Araripelocusta longinota, Araripelocusta brevis (125511) Cratozeunerella amedegnatoi, Cratozeunerella soaresi, Zessinia vikingi, Bouretia elegans (123013) Cratozeunerella godoii (122352) Cratozeunerella neotropica, Locustopsis cretacea, Locustopsis araripensis, Zessinia pulcherrima, Zessinia caririensis, Zessinia reticulata, Cratozeunerella nordestina (105330) Eoproscopia martilli (122557 122922) Pseudoacrida sennlaubi (227841) Zessinia sp., Cratozeunerella godoii, Cratozeunerella nervosa, Cratozeunerella soaresi, Cratozeunerella titanella, Cratolocustopsis contumax, Zessinia caririensis, Zessinia petruleviciusi, Zessinia vikingi, Locustrix gallegoi, Locustrix audax (104659) | |
| Turonian | Kazakhstan | Zeunerella arborea (103274) | |
| Paleocene | China (Yunnan) | Taphacris stenosis (165250) | |
| Selandian | France (Auvergne) | Acrididae indet. (113750) Oedipoda indet. (113685) Paleochina duvergeri, Paleochina minuta (123463) | |
| Ypresian | Denmark | Eozaenhuepfer erteboellei (152149 157040) | |
| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Promastox archaicus (119857) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Eoerianthus eocaenicus (138664 138671 138673 138684 138809 156240 159277 159278 159280) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Tyrbula multispinosa (122090 122092) | |
| Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Acrididae indet. (13322) | |
| Uintan | USA (Colorado) | Eoerianthus eocaenicus (138683) | |
| Priabonian | France | Orthacanthacris lineata, Oedipoda sp. (113709) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Proschistocerca oligocaenica (21976 123959 123960) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Eobanksia bittaciformis (106381) Gomphocerus abstrusus, Tyrbula multispinosa, Oedipoda praefocata, Tyrbula russelli, Nanthacia torpida, Taphacris reliquata (106384) Taeniopodites pardalis, Eobanksia bittaciformis (106380) Tyrbula scudderi (113749) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Orthacanthacris rhenana (122407) | |
| Rupelian | Iran | Acrididae indet. (200817) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (Montana) | Erucius sp., Locustopsoidea indet. (120623) Locustopsidae indet. (120622) | |
| Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Oedipoda saussurei, Locusta sp. (122488) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Acrididae indet. (113682 153412) Oedipoda saussurei (113712) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Spain (Castellon) | Acrididae indet. (225781) Oedipodinae indet. (140792 140793 140794 140796 140797) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Spain | Acrididae indet. 1 (123306 155647 189954) Acrididae indet. 2 (189951) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Nevada) | Mioedipoda reisereri (27179) | |
| Burdigalian | Japan (Gifu) | Patanga sp. (181074) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Aestilocusta graminea (128551) Nymphacrida dyscrita (138946) Oedipodidae indet., Oedemastopoda grammaca (138945) Tumearolium humifuse (128552) | |
| Burdigalian | Russian Federation | Tryxalis kudiana (113705) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Paleomastacris ambarinus (122472 122982 152045) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Wurttemberg) | Acrididae indet., Protocatantops gracilis, Miocaenacris soergeli, Protocatantops miocaenicus, Protocatantops sp. (113752) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Acrididae indet., Scyllina oeningensis (113695) Acridium oeningense (113830) Gomphocerus femoralis (113689) Oedipoda fischeri, Oedipoda germari (117252) Oedipoda oeningensis (113711) | |
| Sarmatian | Croatia | Acrididae indet., Gryllacris kittli, Oedipoda nigrofasciolata (117247) Oedipoda haidingeri, Oedipoda longipennis, Oedipoda partschi, Oedipoda pulchra, Scyllina imperialis, Oedipoda nigrofasciolata (113698) Oedipoda melanosticta (117246 122873) Pardalophora hungarica, Stenobothrus femoralis, Bryodema sp., Bryodema croatica, Scyllina oeningensis (113693) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Acrididae indet. (113751) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Oedipodini indet., Mecostethus sp., Sphingonotus sp. (109196) | |
| Pleistocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Tropidacris latreillei (113828) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | Acrididae indet., Melanoplus frigidus, Miramella alpina, Chorthippus angulatus, Gomphocerus sibiricus, Stenobothrus posthumoides (113753) Stenobothrus sp. (153476) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Melanoplus differentialis (44954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Acrididae indet. (71346) | |
| Holocene | USA (Montana) | Melanoplus spretus (185941) | |
| Holocene | USA (Wyoming) | Melanoplus spretus, Spharagemon campestris (185942) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Mecostibus sp. (123991) |