Probaisselcana oculata Hu and He 2023 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: T. H. Hu and Z. Q. He. 2023. A new species of genus Probaisselcana (Orthoptera: Elcanidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 151(105671)

Belongs to Probaisselcana according to T. H. Hu and Z. Q. He 2023

Sister taxa: Probaisselcana cretacea, Probaisselcana euryptera, Probaisselcana karatavica, Probaisselcana minuta

Type specimen: ECNU-AM-1001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ECNU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (ECNU collection)

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