Tyrbula Scudder 1885 (short-horned grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. 4. Classe Insecta. Insecten. Handbuch der Palaeontologie, I Abtheilung. Palaeozoologie 2:747-831

Parent taxon: Acrididae according to H. J. Song et al. 2015

See also Cockerell 1914 and Zeuner 1943

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Tyrbula russelli

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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