Permoxenopterum laticostum 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

Belongs to Permoxenopterum according to D. E. van Dijk and A. V. Gorochov 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMSA 2732, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bulwer (Bul 111), which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in the Estcourt Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bulwer (Bul 111)

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