†family Xenopteridae Riek 1955 (grasshopper)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Xenopteridae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 3(4):654-691
Parent taxon: Xenopteroidea according to D. E. van Dijk and A. V. Gorochov 2011
See also Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2005, Riek 1955, Sharov 1968 and Wappler 2001
Sister taxon: Adumbratomorphidae
Subtaxa: Axenopterinae Ferganopterinae Xenopterinae
Type: Xenopterum
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Kyrgyzstan (3), South Africa (2)
• Permian of South Africa (1)
Total: 7 collections including 21 occurrences