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 O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1989, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov and Coram 2022, 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 Letoelcana Liaonemobius Longioculus Monitelcana Paraxelcana Trigonelca
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (8), China (4), Mongolia (3), Myanmar (9), 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: 96 collections including 236 occurrences