Where: Queensland, Australia (27.6° S, 152.8° E: paleocoordinates 58.5° S, 101.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• "at the bottom of the Ipswich Series" well below the Denmark Hill bed
•Carnian according to Barone-Nugent et al. 2003. Purdy & Cranfield (2013) reported an unpublished SHRIMP date of 226±2 Ma for the Brisbane Tuff. Therefore, the Blackstone Formation may be considered younger than 226 Ma in absolute age. Thus, the Ipswich Coal Measures above the Brisbane Tuff, which is to say, the succession from the Mount Crosby Formation to the top of the Blackstone Formation must now be considered Norian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the UQ
• University of Queensland Department of Geology collection
Primary reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1936. A new Upper Triassic fossil insect bed in Queensland. Nature 138:719-720 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106484: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.03.2011, edited by Jered Karr and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Shurabia australis n. sp.6
Shurabia australis n. sp.6 Rasnitsyn 1982 winged insect Rasnitsyn describes species from illustration in Riek, 1955 p. 689 fig 39
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Neuroptera indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 lacewing UQ C2088(9), C786(7), C1039(40) (mentioned in description of Lithosmylidia by Riek 1955)
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Lithosmylidia "sp. A"4, Lithosmylidia parvula n. sp.7, Lithosmylidia lineata n. gen. n. sp.7, ? Archeosmylus costalis n. sp.7, Archeosmylus stigmatus n. sp.7
Lithosmylidia "sp. A"4 Riek 1955 lacewing UQ C1642(3) (hindwing of Lithosmylidia lineata in Riek, 1955)
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"Archepsychops triassica" = Archepsychops triassicus7
"Archepsychops triassica" = Archepsychops triassicus7 Tillyard 1919 lacewing "probably" this species
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Cladochoristella bryani n. gen. n. sp.7
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Prorhyacophila colliveri n. gen. n. sp.7
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Mesotanyderus jonesi n. gen. n. sp.7, "Prochoristella whitehousei n. sp." = Austrochoristella whitehousei7
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Archebittacus exilis n. gen. n. sp.7
Archebittacus exilis n. gen. n. sp.7 Riek 1955 hangingfly UQG C2139/2140, 911/912, 1495/1496, 1545/1546, 2091/2092
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Neoparachorista semiovena n. sp.7, Neoparachorista splendida n. sp.7, Neoparachorista perkinsi n. gen. n. sp.7, "Neoparachorista nana n. sp." = Triassochorista nana7
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Archexyela crosbyi n. gen. n. sp.7
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"Heteroscytina tillyardi n. gen. n. sp." = Hexascytina tillyardi2, Triscytina rotundata n. gen. n. sp.2, Heteronella marksei n. gen. n. sp.3, Platyscytinella paradoxa n. gen. n. sp.2, Heterojassus membranaceus n. gen. n. sp.3
"Heteroscytina tillyardi n. gen. n. sp." = Hexascytina tillyardi2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C691, C972, C1879, C1578, C2113, C1659, C1655, C1571, C1797; Dept. of Entomology 21, 23 in Evans 1961
Platyscytinella paradoxa n. gen. n. sp.2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C169, C1906, C1587, C1580, C155, C1658, C1904, C1613, C1583, C1604; Dept. of Entomology 10 in Evans 1961
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Triassothea analis n. gen. n. sp.2
Triassothea analis n. gen. n. sp.2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C1590 (F15900 in Becker-Migdisova, 1985), P62A, X2109, C1738, C2110, C1955, C2107, C1766, C1596, C2062, C1608, C2111
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Triassoaphis cubitus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Hylicella colorata n. gen. n. sp.2, "Mesothymbris perkinsi n. gen. n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2, "Triassoscytinopsis aberrans n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2, "Triassoscytina incompleta n. gen. n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2, "Mesothymbris woodwardi n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2, "Triassoscytinopsis stenulata n. gen. n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2, Triassoscelis anomala n. gen. n. sp.2, "Crosbella elongata n. gen. n. sp." = Crosbella elongata2, "Mesocicadella punctata n. sp." = Crosbella elongata3, "Mesocicadella venosa n. gen. n. sp." = Crosbella elongata2, "Crosbella alata n. sp." = Crosbella elongata2
Hylicella colorata n. gen. n. sp.2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C1841; QM F3686, UQ Dept. of Entomology 6, D, 3, 24 in Evans 1961
"Mesothymbris perkinsi n. gen. n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C889(890), C186(185), C183(184), C1457; QM F3684, F3682(3), UQ Dept. of Entomology 12, S1 in Evans 1961
"Mesothymbris woodwardi n. sp." = Mesothymbris perkinsi2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C1669; S18 (Department of Entomology) in Evans 1961
Triassoscelis anomala n. gen. n. sp.2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C976(977), C1881; Dept. of Entomology 1/1A in Evans 1961
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"Mesojassus ipsviciensis" = Mesojassus ipsviciensis5, "Triassocotis stricta n. sp." = Mesojassus ipsviciensis3, "Triassocotis australis n. gen. n. sp." = Mesojassus australis2, "Triassocotis amplicata n. sp." = Mesojassus australis3, "Hylicella reducta n. sp." = Mesojassus australis2
"Mesojassus ipsviciensis" = Mesojassus ipsviciensis5 Tillyard 1916 true bug Triassocotis australis QMF3687 in Evans 1961
"Triassocotis australis n. gen. n. sp." = Mesojassus australis2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C1554(1553); not QM F3687 in Evans 1961
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Mesojassula marginata n. gen. n. sp.2
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"Mesonirvana abrupta n. gen. n. sp." = Mesonirvana abrupta2, "Eoscartoides bryani n. gen. n. sp." = Mesonirvana abrupta2, "Eoscarterella media n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscarterella media2, "Prosbolopsites tillyardi n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscarterella media1, "Dysmorphoptiloides parva n. sp." = Mesocixius parvus2, Dysmorphoptiloides elongata n. gen. n. sp.2, "Trifidella perfecta n. gen. n. sp." = Trifidella perfecta2, "Alotrifidus interruptus n. gen. n. sp." = Trifidella perfecta2
"Eoscartoides bryani n. gen. n. sp." = Mesonirvana abrupta2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C172, C934, C677(680); QM F3693(4), F3695(6), F3697(8), Dept. of Entomology S4, S5, S9, S10, S13, S15, S17, S19 in Evans 1961
"Eoscarterella media n. gen. n. sp." = Eoscarterella media2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C1110(1111); Dept. of Entomology S8 in Evans 1961
Dysmorphoptiloides elongata n. gen. n. sp.2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C686, C950(951), C614(613), C1434, C962, C963, and "several lacking numbers"; Dept. of Entomology 16, S3, S14, S2, S7, 14 in Evans 1961
"Trifidella perfecta n. gen. n. sp." = Trifidella perfecta2 Evans 1956 true bug UQ C945(946); QM F3690(1), 3692 in Evans 1961
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Neohagla sinuata n. gen. n. sp.7
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Mesogryllacris giganteus n. gen. n. sp.7
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Xenopterum crosbyi n. gen. n. sp.7
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Xenogryllacris reductus n. gen. n. sp.7
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