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species †Mesogryllus achelous (Westwood, 1854)

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Westwood. 1854. Q. J. geol. Soc. Lond. 10:396, fig. 26   >> Blattidium achelous    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:24409
  • Handlirsch. 1906. Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. 1(3-4):187   >> Mesogryllus achelous    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:24408
  • Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera, Ensifera 187 >> Mesogryllus achelous
  • Gorochov, Jarzembowski & Coram. 2006. Cretac. Res. 27:650   >> Note: Termitidiinae >> Mesogryllus achelous
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe, Northern Europe, Great Britain, England, Durlston Bay, Dorset; Cretaceous: Lower Berriasian: Lower Purbeck
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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