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, Liaonemobius, Longioculus, Monitelcana
Subtaxa: Caelielca Cratoelcana Ellca Eubaisselcana Hukawnelca Minelcana Panorpidium Probaisselcana
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