Orthacanthacris incertus Piton, 1940

Schubnel, Thomas, Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, Garrouste, Romain, Hervet, Sophie & Nel, André, 2020, Paleocene of Menat Formation, France, reveals an extraordinary diversity of orthopterans and the last known survivor of a Mesozoic Elcanidae, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (2), pp. 371-385 : 376

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00676.2019

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/570A1449-D140-FFD2-FFF3-A82AFBAD5E02

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Orthacanthacris incertus Piton, 1940
status

 

Orthacanthacris incertus Piton, 1940 View in CoL

Fig. 4A View Fig .

Holotype: MNHN.F. R07017 (coll. Louis Piton); a very poorly preserved specimen, with fragments of three wings, and dubious remains of thorax and head.

Type locality: Historical quarry of Menat, Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France.

Type horizon: Middle Paleocene, Menat Basin.

Material.— Holotype only.

Remarks.— It is even not possible to determine which wings are forewing(s) vs. hindwing(s). It is either a Mantodea or an Orthoptera of uncertain affinities.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.— Paleocene, Menat Formation, Menat, France.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Orthacanthacris

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF