Species
† Cratolocustopsis aquila Schall, Lima, Heads, Pinheiro, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- † Cratolocustopsis aquila Schall, Lima, Heads, Pinheiro, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025: 494. (fossil)
Holotype; MPSC 9840; deposited at: Museu de Paleontologia de Santana do Cariri (MPSC); Brazil: Ceará: Nova Olinda or Santana do Cariri; Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Santana Group, Early Cretaceous, Aptian
References (1)
- Schall, O.-K.O., Lima, D., Heads, S.W., Pinheiro, A.P., Kotthoff, U. & Husemann, M. (2025) New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa, 5722(4), 485–508. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The name derives from Latin aquila, meaning “eagle”. It refers to the head shape of the specimen, which resembles the beak of a bird of prey.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |