Petrelcana Carpenter 1966 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1966. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas: Part 11. The Orders Protorthoptera and Orthoptera. Psyche 73(1):46-88

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

See also Carpenter 1966, Carpenter 1986, Carpenter 1992 and Sharov 1968

Sister taxa: Mezenoedischia, Pseudoiasvia, Uraloedischia

Subtaxa: Petrelcana elongata

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Type: Petrelcana elongata

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Lower Limestone (Permian of Kansas)

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