Permoxenopterum van Dijk and Gorochov 2011 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Xenopteridae

Full reference: D. E. van Dijk and A. V. Gorochov. 2011. The first Permian representative of the family Xenopteridae (Orthoptera: Ensifera). African Invertebrates 52:571-574

Parent taxon: Ferganopterinae according to D. E. van Dijk and A. V. Gorochov 2011

Sister taxa: Ferganopterodes, Ferganopterus, Ferganotriassia, Pseudoferganopsis, Pteroferganella, Pteroferganodes, Triassoferganella

Subtaxa: Permoxenopterum laticostum

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Type: Permoxenopterum laticostum

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bulwer (Bul 111) (Permian of South Africa)

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