Permelcana kukalovae Sharov 1968 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Permelcanidae

Alternative combination: Promartynovia kukalovae

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216

Belongs to Permelcana according to V. G. Novokshonov 1998

See also Sharov 1968 and Zessin 1987

Sister taxon: Permelcana sojanense

Type specimen: PIN 1700/4289, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700), which is in a Kungurian deltaic siliciclastic in the Koshelevka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700)

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