Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: O. O. Schall, S. W. Heads, D. Lima, A. P. Pinheiro, U. Kotthoff and M. Husemann. 2026. Revision of the lagoon crickets (Elcanidae: Insecta: Orthoptera) of the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil with the description of new taxa. Cretaceous Research 184(106344)

Belongs to Argentoelcana according to O. O. Schall et al. 2026

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPSC 9832, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Regional University of Cariri LPU/MPSC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Crato (Regional University of Cariri LPU/MPSC collection)

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