Xeroptera obtusata Bolton 1922 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Full reference: H. Bolton. 1922. A Monograph of the Fossil Insects of the British Coal Measures 81-156

Belongs to Xeroptera according to H. Bolton 1922

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: British Museum, Johnson Collection, I. 1558, a wing. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Johnson coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Coseley, near Dudley (Johnson coll)

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