Zeuneroptera scotica Zeuner 1939 (grasshopper)

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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