†infraorder Elcanidea Handlirsch 1906 (grasshopper)
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Ensifera according to A. V. Gorochov 2013
See also Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2005 and Gorochov et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Acridiites, Acridiites liasinus, Araripemyrmecophilops, Elcanopsis, Falsirameus, Gryllidea, Gryllobencain, Kulmbachiellon fragile, Liadolocusta auscultans, Liassogrylloides, Locusta prisca, Locustopsites gigantea, Oedischiidea, Palaeorehniidae, Phasmomimoidea, Tettavidae, Tettigoniidea, Thnetus, Triassomanteidae, Vitimiidae, Yuxiania
Subtaxa: Elcanoidea Permoraphidioidea
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore