Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Alternative combinations: Elcana deichmuelleri, Elcana deichmulleri
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Panorpidium according to D. C. Eades et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1932, Handlirsch 1906 and Zessin 1987
Sister taxa: Panorpidium beyrichi, Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium geinitzi, Panorpidium lata, Panorpidium liasina, Panorpidium lithophila, Panorpidium longicornis, Panorpidium longirostre, Panorpidium maculosum, Panorpidium magna, Panorpidium media, Panorpidium mesostena, Panorpidium minima, Panorpidium minuta, Panorpidium oppenheimi, Panorpidium parvum, Panorpidium phyllophora, Panorpidium plagiatus, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium reticulata, Panorpidium sibirica, Panorpidium spica, Panorpidium tessellatum, Panorpidium westwoodi, Panorpidium yixianensis, Elcana plagiata, Elcana lithophila, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Calotermes troglodytes
Type specimen: Dresdener Museum, an exoskeleton (whole female). Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SNSD Dresden collection)
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