Albertoilus Kevan and Wighton 1981 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Palaeorehniidae

Full reference: D. K. M. Kevan and D. C. Wighton. 1981. Paleocene orthopteroids from south-central Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 18:1824-1837

Parent taxon: Palaeorehniidae according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2022

See also Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1995 and Kevan and Wighton 1981

Sister taxa: Palaeorehnia, Republicopteron, Ypopteron, Zeuneroptera, Zeuneropterinae

Subtaxa: Albertoilus cervirufi

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Type: Albertoilus cervirufi

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Joffre Bridge Southwest (site 4) (Paleocene of Alberta)

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