Meselcana udmurtica Gorochov 2013 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Permelcanidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2013. New taxa of the superorder Orthopteroidea from the latter half of the Permian of European Russia. Paleontological Journal 47:782-793

Belongs to Meselcana according to A. V. Gorochov 2013

Sister taxa: Meselcana madygenica, Meselcana permelcanoides, Meselcana vologodica

Type specimen: PIN 3286/12, a tegmen. Its type locality is Chepanikha, Rossokha River Valley (PIN collection 3286), which is in a Wordian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chepanikha, Rossokha River Valley (PIN collection 3286)

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