Protocatantops Zeuner 1931 (spur-throated grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1931. Die Insektenfauna des Böttinger Marmors. Fortschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie 9:247-406

Parent taxon: Catantopini according to F. E. Zeuner 1941

See also Zeuner 1931

Sister taxon: Miocaenacris

Subtaxa: Protocatantops gracilis

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Böttingen (SMNS collection) (Miocene of Germany)

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