Proelcana Sharov 1962 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Permelcanidae

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1962. Novoe Permskoe semeystvo pryamokrylykh (Orthoptera). Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1962(2):112-116

Parent taxon: Permelcaninae according to A. V. Gorochov 1995

See also Carpenter 1992, Novokshonov 1998, Sharov 1962, Sharov 1968 and Zessin 1987

Sister taxa: Permelcana, Promartynovia

Subtaxa: Proelcana uralica

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700) (Permian of Russian Federation)

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