Taeniopodites pardalis Cockerell 1909 (spur-throated grasshopper)

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

Belongs to Taeniopodites according to F. E. Zeuner 1941

See also Cockerell 1909

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In 19228, a forewing. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13B

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