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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species †Eoproscopia martilli Heads, 2008
Historical: Eoproscopia martilli; paratype of species †Eoproscopia martilli Heads, 2008; cited by Heads. 2008. The first fossil Proscopiidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) with comments on the historical biogeography and evolution of the family. Palaeontology. 51(2):499-507
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: unsexed adults 1
Depository: MfN
Data source: Heads. 2008. The first fossil Proscopiidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) with comments on the historical biogeography and evolution of the family. Palaeontology. 51(2):499-507
Other: note, MB.I. 2077, near complete adult specimen preserved in right lateral aspect on a single slab (ex coll. Schwickert no. 68)
Locality
Brazil Northeast, Ceará: Chapada do Araripe, near Nova Olinda; S 7.134700, W 39.715000; Cretaceous: Early Cretaceous, Aptian: Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation (is included in map)
Collecting event
[no data recorded]
Images      
sex indeterminate, scale bar 10 mm (paratype), Fig. 2 (reproduced with permission)
(paratype) abbreviations: an, antenna; bt, basitarsus; cr, carina; cx, coxa; e, eye; fa, fastigium; fm, femur; mp, maxillary palp; pn, pronotum; ps, prosternum; ptx, prothorax; s, abdominal sternites (numbered); tb, tibia; t, abdominal tergites (numbered); vv, valvulae of ovipositor., Text-Fig. 2 (reproduced with permission)
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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