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First fossil orthoptera from the Jurassic of North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Dena M. Smith ,
Mark A. Gorman II ,
Jason D. Pardo  and
Bryan J. Small
Dena M. Smith
Affiliation:
1Department of Geological Sciences and University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0265, USA,
Mark A. Gorman II
Affiliation:
2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0265, USA,
Jason D. Pardo
Affiliation:
3Animal Biology, School of Integrative Biology, 515 Morrill Hall MC-122, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA,
Bryan J. Small
Affiliation:
4Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205, USA,
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Abstract

A new species of Orthoptera, Parapleurites morrisonensis, is described from the upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA. This is the first insect described from the Morrison Formation and the first orthopteran described from the Jurassic of North America. No other members of the family Locustopsidae have been described in North America previously, and the other species of Parapleurites are only known from Siberia. The lack of Jurassic Orthoptera in North America is likely due to a combination of taphonomic variables and collector bias. The discovery of Parapleurites morrisonensis and the potential for finding other Jurassic Orthoptera are important to understanding the evolution of this diverse and widely distributed group.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 85 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 102 - 105
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