Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Alternative combination: Baisselcana sibirica

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216

Belongs to Panorpidium according to A. V. Gorochov et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium parvum, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium tesselatum, Elcana liasina, Elcana shurabica, Elcana minima, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana media, Elcana magna, Elcana beyrichi, Elcana phyllophora, Elcana lithophila, Elcana deichmulleri, Elcana longicornis, Elcana minuta, Elcana lata, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana plagiata, Elcana westwoodi

Type specimen: PIN 1668/1651, a forewing (Whole forewing). Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1668), which is in a Berriasian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore