†Scalaeoptera Bolton 1922 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae
Full reference: H. Bolton. 1922. A Monograph of the Fossil Insects of the British Coal Measures 81-156
Parent taxon: Oedischiidae according to H. Bolton 1922
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Afroedischia, Anelcana, Elcanoedischiinae, Iasvia, Kamaites, Mezenoedischiinae, Nobloedischia, Oedischiinae, Plesioidischia, Tcholmanvissia dubia, Tcholmanvissiinae, Xeroptera
Subtaxa: Scalaeoptera recta
Type: Scalaeoptera recta
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Coseley, near Dudley (Neil coll) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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