†Parelcana tenuis Handlirsch 1906 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Synonym: Parelcana platyptera Handlirsch 1939
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Parelcana according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022
See also Ansorge 1996, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Zessin 1987 and Zessin 1988
Sister taxa: Parelcana anglicana, Parelcana dubia, Parelcana pulchmacula
Type specimens:
- Parelcana tenuis: MBI 56.1a,b, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Parelcana platyptera: Its type locality is Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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