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: Elcanidea according to A. V. Gorochov 2013
See also Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2005, Gorochov et al. 2006 and Martins-Neto 1991
Sister taxon: Permoraphidioidea
Subtaxa: Elcanidae Permelcanidae
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (8), China (4), Mongolia (3), Myanmar (8), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Jurassic of China (4), Germany (26), Kazakhstan (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Luxembourg (1), the Russian Federation (6), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Germany (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (6), United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 104 collections including 239 occurrences