Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2011. New family-group taxa in the infraclass Polyneoptera (Insecta): making the names, proposed early, available. Zoosystematica Rossica 20:159-160
Parent taxon: Elcanidae according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022
See also Fang et al. 2018, Fang et al. 2018, Gorochov 2011, Gorochov and Coram 2022, Gorochov et al. 2006, Gu et al. 2020 and Tian et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Cenoelcanus, Elcaninae, Hispanelcana, Liaonemobius, Longioculus, Monitelcana
Subtaxa: Archelcana Cascadelcana Jeholelcana Parelcana Sibelcana Sinoelcana Synelcana
Type: Archelcana
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (2), Germany (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Luxembourg (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Germany (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences