†superfamily Xenopteroidea Riek 1955 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

Alternative spelling: Xenopteroida

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 3(4):654-691

Parent taxon: Oedischiidea according to D. E. van Dijk and A. V. Gorochov 2011

See also Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2005 and Wappler 2001

Sister taxa: Oedischioidea, Permotettigoniidae, Rimnosentomon, Triassomanteoidea

Subtaxa: Adumbratomorphidae Xenopteridae

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Type: Xenopterum

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Kyrgyzstan (3), South Africa (2)

• Permian of the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1)

Total: 8 collections including 22 occurrences

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