Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Alternative combination: Cratoelcana rasnitsyni
Full reference: A. Nel and C. Jouault. 2021. New grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Elcanidae, Locustopsidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation suggest a biome homogeneity in central Gondwana. Historical Biology 34:2070-2078
Belongs to Mesembrelcana according to O. O. Schall et al. 2026
See also Nel and Jouault 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Sennlaub 13068, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Sennlaub collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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