Eospilopteron Cockerell 1915 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499

Parent taxon: Hagloidea according to A. V. Gorochov 1995

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1915 and Sharov 1968

Sister taxa: Eospilopteronidae, Haglidae, Hagloedischiidae, Haglopsis, Jurassobatea, Kevania, Mesoprophalangopsis, Neohagla, Prezottophlebiidae, Prophalangopsidae, Pseudogryllacris, Pseudohumbertiella, Tuphellidae, Tzetzenulia, Yenshania, Zalmonites

Subtaxa: Eospilopteron ornatum

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Type: Eospilopteron ornatum

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lower Lias (Brodie coll) (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

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