Palatinoedischia elongata Nel and Poschmann 2020 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Full reference: A. Nel and M. J. Poschmann. 2020. A new stem Orthoptera (Archaeorthoptera: Oedischioidea) from the Early Permian of the Saar-Nahe basin, southwest Germany. Geobios 63:47-52

Belongs to Palatinoedischia according to A. Nel and M. J. Poschmann 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PE 2018/5000-LS, a tegmen. Its type locality is Between Sitters and Schiersfeld, which is in an Asselian lacustrine shale in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Between Sitters and Schiersfeld

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