Proelcana uralica Sharov 1962 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Permelcanidae

Alternative combination: Promartynovia uralica

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

Belongs to Proelcana according to V. G. Novokshonov 1998

See also Gorochov 1995, Sharov 1962 and Zessin 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 1700/1474, a forewing (fragment). 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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