†Taeniopodites Cockerell 1909 (spur-throated grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Description of Tertiary insects, VII. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 28:283-286
Parent taxon: Catantopinae according to F. E. Zeuner 1941
Sister taxa: Catantopini, Euprepocnemini, Euthymiini, Protocatantops miocaenicus
Subtaxa: Taeniopodites pardalis
Type: Taeniopodites pardalis
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13B (Eocene of Colorado)
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