Pseudelcana uralensis Gorochov 1987 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Pseudelcanidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 1987. Novye iskopaemye prjamokrylyx semejstv Bintoniellidae, Mesoedischiidae fam. n. and Pseudelcanidae fam. n. (Orthoptera, Ensifera) iz permskix i triasovyx otlozzenij SSSR. Vestnik Zoologii (1)18-23

Belongs to Pseudelcana according to V. G. Novokshonov 1998

See also Gorochov 1987

Sister taxon: Pseudelcana permiana

Type specimen: PIN 1700/1504, a forewing. 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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