Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1918. A fossil insect wing from the roof of the coal-seam in the Sydney harbour colliery. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43:260-264
Parent taxon: Ensifera according to A. V. Gorochov 1995
See also Handlirsch 1922 and Tillyard 1918
Sister taxa: Acridiites, Acridiites liasinus, Araripemyrmecophilops, Elcanidea, Falsirameus, Gryllidea, Gryllobencain, Kulmbachiellon fragile, Liadolocusta auscultans, Liassogrylloides, Locusta prisca, Locustopsites gigantea, Oedischiidea, Palaeorehniidae, Phasmomimoidea, Tettavidae, Tettigoniidea, Thnetus, Triassomanteidae, Vitimiidae, Yuxiania
Subtaxa: Elcanopsis sydneyensis
Type: Elcanopsis sydneiensis
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Balmain colliery, Sydney Harbour (Permian of Australia)
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