ammonites
Protogryllus grandis Zeuner 1937 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (series B) 6(8):154-159

Belongs to Protogryllus according to F. E. Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Protogryllus dobbertinensis, Protogryllus femina, Protogryllus fissus, Protogryllus foliolum, Protogryllus formosus, Protogryllus germanicus, Protogryllus hattorfensis, Protogryllus implicatus, Protogryllus irregularis, Protogryllus laceratus, Protogryllus liadis, Protogryllus magnus, Protogryllus major, Protogryllus minor, Protogryllus multoramosus, Protogryllus multovenosus, Protogryllus parallelus, Protogryllus praeacutus, Protogryllus sedgwicki, Protogryllus stenobasis, Protogryllus symmetricus, Protogryllus vicinus

Type specimen: NHML I 10530, a forewing (female forewing). Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): forewing length 17.9