Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Alternative combination: Elcana westwoodi
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 Handlirsch 1906 and Jarzembowski 1996
Sister taxa: Panorpidium beyrichi, Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium deichmuelleri, 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 yixianensis, Elcana plagiata, Elcana lithophila, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Calotermes troglodytes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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