†subfamily Elcaninae Handlirsch 1906 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Synonym: Baisselcaninae Gorochov 1986

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: Elcanidae according to J. J. Gu et al. 2022

See also Fang et al. 2015, Gorochov 1986, Gorochov 1989, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov et al. 2006, Nel and Jouault 2021, Tian et al. 2019, Uchida 2021 and Zhou et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Archelcaninae, Cenoelcanus, Hispanelcana, Letoelcana, Liaonemobius, Longioculus, Monitelcana, Paraxelcana, Trigonelca

Subtaxa: Caelielca Cratoelcana Ellca Eubaisselcana Hukawnelca Minelcana Panorpidium Probaisselcana

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (8 collections), China (2), Mongolia (3), Myanmar (7), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (11)

• Jurassic of China (2), Germany (26), Kazakhstan (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 72 collections including 195 occurrences

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