Hymenelcana Gorochov 2004 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Thueringoedischiidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2004. Important new insect fossils from Carrizo Arroyo and the Permo-Carboniferous faunal boundary. Carboniferous-Permian transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 25:215-246

Parent taxon: Thueringoedischiidae according to A. V. Gorochov 2004

Sister taxa: Permoedischia, Thueringoedischia

Subtaxa: Hymenelcana initialis

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at NMMNH L-3433; Carrizo Arroyo (Permian of New Mexico)

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