Grasshopper
Fossil
Class
Insecta,
Order Orthoptera, Family Elcanidae
Geological
Time: Lower Cretaceous - Late Aptian-Cenomanian (108-92 million years
ago)
Size: 30
mm (75 mm overall with antennae)
Fossil
Site: Santana - Crato Formation, Nova Olinda Member, Ceara, Brazil
 This
insect is a member of the Elcanidae, a grasshopper-like family that
existed from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous. Some examples
have long antennae, making them seem more like crickets, but they
are currently believed to be more closely allied with the grasshoppers.
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