†family Promastacidae Kevan and Wighton 1981 (grasshopper)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Promastacidae
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: Eumastacoidea according to D. K. M. Kevan and D. C. Wighton 1981
See also Eades et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Chorotypidae, Episactidae, Eumastacidae
Subtaxa: Promastax
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Horsefly Mine (Eocene of British Columbia)