Locustopsidae is an extinct family of grasshoppers in the order

Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grass ...

. There are about 17 genera and more than 60 described species in Locustopsidae.

Genera

These 17 genera belong to the family Locustopsidae: * † '' Araripelocusta'' Martins-Neto, 1995

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly durin ...

, Brazil,

Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ag ...

* † '' Britannacrida'' Gorochov, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2006

Lulworth Formation The Lulworth Formation is a geologic formation in England. It dates from the late Tithonian to the mid Berriasian. It is a subunit of the Purbeck Group. In Dorset, it consists of three members, which are in ascending order, the Mupe Member, the ...

, United Kingdom,

Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/ stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 145.0 ± 4.0 Ma and 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma (million years a ...

* † '' Conocephalella'' Strand, 1926 Solnhofen Limestone, Germany,

Tithonian In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 152.1 ± 4 Ma and 145.0 ± 4 Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by t ...

* † '' Cratolocustopsis'' Martins-Neto, 2003 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * † '' Cratozeunerella'' Martins-Neto, 1998 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * † '' Liadolocusta'' Handlirsch, 1906 (dubious) * † ''

Locustopsis ''Locustopsis'' is an extinct genus of grasshopper in the family Locustopsidae. The Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and mi ...

'' Handlirsch, 1906 Lilstock Formation, United Kingdom,

Rhaetian The Rhaetian is the latest age of the Triassic Period (in geochronology) or the uppermost stage of the Triassic System (in chronostratigraphy). It was preceded by the Norian and succeeded by the Hettangian (the lowermost stage or earliest ...

Dzhil Formation Dzhil may refer to: * Jil, Armenia * Cil, Azerbaijan Cil (also, Kazımlı Cil and Dzhil’) is a village and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan. It had a population of 2,279 as of 2007. Notable natives * Allahshukur Pashazadeh, ...

, Kyrgyzstan,

Hettangian The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic Period of the geologic timescale. It spans the time between 201.3 ± 0.2 Ma and 199.3 ± 0.3 Ma (million years ago). The Hettangian follows the Rhaetian (part of the Triassi ...

Blue Lias The Blue Lias is a geological formation in southern, eastern and western England and parts of South Wales, part of the Lias Group. The Blue Lias consists of a sequence of limestone and shale layers, laid down in latest Triassic and early Jurassi ...

, United Kingdom, Hettangian, Sagul Formation, Kyrgyzstan,

Toarcian The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 182.7 Ma (million years ago) and 174.1 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by the Aalenian. The Toarc ...

, Green Series,

Posidonia Shale The Posidonia Shale (german: Posidonienschiefer, also called Schistes Bitumineux in Luxembourg) geologically known as the Sachrang Formation, is an Early Jurassic (Toarcian) geological formation of southwestern and northeast Germany, northern Swi ...

, Germany, Toarcian,

Itat Formation The Itat Formation ( Russian: итатская свита) is a geologic formation in western Siberia. It was deposited in the Bajocian to Bathonian ages of the Middle Jurassic. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from ...

, Russia,

Bajocian In the geologic timescale The geologic time scale, or geological time scale, (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the process of relatin ...

Bathonian In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age and stage of the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 168.3 Ma to around 166.1 Ma (million years ago). The Bathonian Age succeeds the Bajocian Age and precedes the Callovian Age. St ...

Daohugou The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The formation consists of coarse conglomerate ...

, China,

Callovian In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 166.1 ± 4.0 Ma (million years ago) and 163.5 ± 4.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...

, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Solnhofen Limestone, Germany, Tithonian, Tonsteinserie Formation, Egypt, Berriasian, Purbeck Group, United Kingdom, Berriasian * † '' Locustrix'' Martins-Neto, 2003 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * † '' Mesolocustopsis'' Hong & Wang, 1990

Durlston Formation The Durlston Formation is a geologic formation in England. Particularly in the Isle of Purbeck. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian stage of the Lower Cretaceous. Vertebrate paleobiota Crocodyliformes See also * List ...

, United Kingdom, Berriasian,

Weald Clay Weald Clay or the Weald Clay Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit underlying areas of South East England, between the North and South Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of ro ...

, United Kingdom,

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma ( million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is pre ...

Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian * † ''

Orichalcum Orichalcum or aurichalcum is a metal mentioned in several ancient writings, including the story of Atlantis in the ''Critias'' of Plato. Within the dialogue, Critias (460–403 BC) claims that orichalcum had been considered second only to gol ...

'' Whalley, 1985 * † '' Parapleurites'' Brauer, Redtenbacher & Ganglbauer, 1889

Cheremkhovskaya Formation Cheremkhovsky District (russian: Черемхо́вский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Cheremkhovsk ...

, Russia, Toarcian,

Morrison Formation The Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock found in the western United States which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America. It is composed of mudstone, sandstone, siltstone, ...

, United States,

Kimmeridgian In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 157.3 ± 1.0 Ma and 152.1 ± 0.9 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxford ...

* † '' Plesioschwinzia'' Zessin, 1988 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian * † '' Pseudoacrida'' Lin, 1982 Liupanshan Group, China, Barremian, Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * † '' Schwinzia'' Zessin, 1983 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian * † '' Zessinia'' Martins-Neto, 1990 Lulworth Formation, United Kingdom, Berriasian, Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian * † '' Zeunerella'' Sharov, 1968 Weald Clay, United Kingdom,

Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by t ...

Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan,

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded ...

References

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