Synelcana Zessin 1988 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: W. Zessin. 1988. Neue Saltatoria (Insecta) aus dem Oberlias Mitteleuropas. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 419:107-121

Parent taxon: Archelcaninae according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022

See also Gorochov 1995, Gorochov and Coram 2022, Gorochov et al. 2006 and Zessin 1988

Sister taxa: Archelcana, Cascadelcana, Jeholelcana, Parelcana, Sibelcana, Sinoelcana

Subtaxa: Synelcana muelleri

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Type: Synelcana muelleri

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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