Parelcana dubia Handlirsch 1939 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240

Belongs to Parelcana according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022

See also Handlirsch 1939

Sister taxa: Parelcana anglicana, Parelcana pulchmacula, Parelcana tenuis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gloucester (BMNH coll), which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian marine limestone in the United Kingdom

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Gloucester (BMNH coll)

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