Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Full reference: Y. Fang, B. Wang, H. C. Zhang, H. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, D. R. Zheng, Q. Zhang, S. Li, and Q. Liu. 2015. New Cretaceous Elcanidae from China and Myanmar (Insecta, Orthoptera). Cretaceous Research 52:323-328
Belongs to Panorpidium according to Y. Fang et al. 2015
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 westwoodi, Elcana lithophila, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana plagiata, Calotermes troglodytes
Type specimen: NIGP 159068, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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