†Xeroptera obtusata Bolton 1922 (grasshopper)
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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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