Jeholelcana yanensis Fang et al. 2018 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: Y. Fang, S. W. Heads, H. Wang, H. C. Zhang, and B. Wang. 2018. The first Archelcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 86:129-134

Belongs to Jeholelcana according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022

See also Fang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 159068, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, 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 Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection

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