†Zeuneroptera scotica Zeuner 1939 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Palaeorehniidae
Alternative combination: Palaeorehnia scotica
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera 1-321
Belongs to Zeuneroptera according to D. K. M. Kevan and D. C. Wighton 1983
See also Sharov 1962, Zeuner 1939 and Zeuner 1941
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In 37251, a tegmen (Apical two-thirds of fore-wing). Its type locality is Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, which is in a Thanetian lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the interbasaltic plant-beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull
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