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Mesogryllacris ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4713259	https://www.gbif.org/species/4713259
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	180291	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=180291

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Proparagryllacrididae : Mesogryllacris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Orthopterida	Boudreaux 1979
order	Orthoptera	Olivier 1789
suborder	Ensifera	Chopard 1920
infraorder	Oedischiidea
superfamily	Oedischioidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Proparagryllacrididae	Riek 1956
subfamily	Proparagryllacridinae	Riek 1956
genus	Mesogryllacris	Riek 1955

Scientific Name

Mesogryllacris Riek, 1955

Name Published In

Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 3:654-691

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesogryllacris	genus	belongs to Gryllacridinae	stated with evidence	Riek, 1955
Mesogryllacris	genus	belongs to Proparagryllacridinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 1987
Mesogryllacris	genus	belongs to Proparagryllacrididae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Mesogryllacris	genus	belongs to Proparagryllacridinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 1995
Mesogryllacris	genus	belongs to Proparagryllacridinae	stated without evidence	Wappler, 2001
Mesogryllacris	genus	belongs to Proparagryllacridinae	stated with evidence	Gorochov, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Type Specimen

Mesogryllacris giganteus Riek, 1955

Designated By

Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 3:685

Type Information Source

Orthoptera Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ensifera)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ensifera)

Vision

well-developed (based on Ensifera)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ensifera)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ensifera)

Ontogeny

molting (based on Ensifera)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Ensifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. F. Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 3(4):654-691

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mesogryllacris giganteus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1955	Mesogryllacris Riek p. 685
1987	Mesogryllacris Gorochov p. 25
1992	Mesogryllacris Carpenter p. 175
1995	Mesogryllacris Gorochov p. 90
2001	Mesogryllacris Wappler p. 91
2005	Mesogryllacris Gorochov p. 179

References

Riek E. F. (1955) Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland, Australian Journal of Zoology 3 4, 654-691

Gorochov A. V. (1987) New fossil Orthopterans of the families Adumbratomrphidae fam. n, Pruvostitidae and Proparagryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Perm and Triassic deposits of the USSR, Vestnik Zoologii 1987 4, 20-28

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Gorochov A. V. (1995) Sistema i evolyutsiya pryamokrylykh podotryada Ensifera (Orthoptera), chast I, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 260 1, 1-224

Wappler T. (2001) New orthopteroid insects from the Upper Triassic Molteno Formation, Karoo Basin, southern Africa, Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 24 52/53, 87-104

Gorochov A. V. (2005) Review of Triassic Orthoptera with Descriptions of New and Little Known Taxa: Part 1, Paleontological Journal 39 2, 178-186

Aust. J. Zool., 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 3:685 - via Orthoptera Species File

Jell. 2004. The fossil insects of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(1):26 - via Orthoptera Species File

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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