†Parelcana pulchmacula Tian et al. 2019 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Full reference: H. Tian, J. J. Gu, X. C. Yin and D. Ren. 2019. The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China. ZooKeys 897:19-28
Belongs to Parelcana according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022
See also Tian et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Parelcana anglicana, Parelcana dubia, Parelcana tenuis
Type specimen: CNU-ORT-NN2016041, a forewing. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2016 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2016 collection)
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