Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
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: Elcanoidea according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2022
See also Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1989, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov et al. 2006, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1922, Martins-Neto 1991, Sharov 1968, Tian et al. 2019, Uchida 2021, Whalley 1985 and Zeuner 1941
Sister taxon: Permelcanidae
Subtaxa: Archelcaninae Cenoelcanus Elcaninae Hispanelcana Liaonemobius Longioculus Monitelcana
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), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 95 collections including 228 occurrences