Probaisselcana cretacea Gorochov et al. 2006 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2006. Grasshoppers and crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 27:641-662

Belongs to Probaisselcana according to A. V. Gorochov et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Probaisselcana euryptera, Probaisselcana karatavica, Probaisselcana minuta, Probaisselcana oculata, Probaisselcana zhengi

Type specimen: MNEMG 2003.27, a tegmen. Its type locality is Cooden Beach, which is in a Hauterivian delta plain ironstone/claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cooden Beach

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