†Palaeorehnia Cockerell 1908 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Palaeorehniidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. A fossil orthopterous insect with the media and cubitus fusing. Entomological News 19:126-128
Parent taxon: Palaeorehniidae according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2022
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1908, Gorochov 1995, Kevan and Wighton 1983, Sharov 1968, Zeuner 1937, Zeuner 1939 and Zeuner 1941
Sister taxa: Albertoilus, Republicopteron, Ypopteron, Zeuneroptera, Zeuneropterinae
Subtaxa: Palaeorehnia maculata
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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