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 Panorpidium according to A. V. Gorochov et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Panorpidium beyrichi, Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium deichmuelleri, Panorpidium geinitzi, Panorpidium lata, Panorpidium liasina, Panorpidium lithophila, Panorpidium longicornis, Panorpidium longirostre, Panorpidium maculosum, Panorpidium magna, Panorpidium media, Panorpidium mesostena, Panorpidium minima, Panorpidium minuta, Panorpidium oppenheimi, Panorpidium phyllophora, Panorpidium plagiatus, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium reticulata, Panorpidium sibirica, Panorpidium spica, Panorpidium tessellatum, Panorpidium westwoodi, Panorpidium yixianensis, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana lithophila, Elcana plagiata, Calotermes troglodytes
Type specimen: MNEMG 2003/39, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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