Eospilopteron ornatum 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

Belongs to Eospilopteron according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1915

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 61388, a tegmen. Its type locality is Lower Lias (Brodie coll), which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian marine shale/limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lower Lias (Brodie coll)

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