Cape Novosilsky, Russky Island (PIN collection 5306) (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (43.1° N, 131.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 110.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pospelovo Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Lower sub-formation of Pospelovo Formation, dated as middle Kungurian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black, carbonaceous shale

• Contains abundant plant fossils, bivalves, and few conchostracans - probably swamp or lake
• Black coaly shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D.E. Shcherbakov, V.N. Makarkin, D.S. Aristov, D.V. Vasilenko, E.B. Volynets, V.I. Burago in 2008; reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: D. E. Shcherbakov, V. N. Makarkin, D. S. Aristov and D. V. Vasilenko. 2009. Permian insects from the Russky Island, South Primorye. Russian Entomological Journal 18(1):7-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115214: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Mecoptera - Permochoristidae
? Petromantis sp., Protopanorpa sp.
? Petromantis sp. Handlirsch 1904 scorpionfly
PIN 5306/44
Protopanorpa sp. Tillyard 1926 scorpionfly
 Dicondylia - Permithonidae
Okolpania eugeniae n. sp.
Okolpania eugeniae n. sp. Makarkin and Shcherbakov 2009 winged insect
PIN 5306/40
 Coleoptera - Permocupedidae
Maricoleus valentinae n. gen. n. sp.
Maricoleus valentinae n. gen. n. sp. Shcherbakov 2009 beetle
PIN 5306/41
 Hemiptera - Prosbolopseidae
? Cicadopsis sp.
? Cicadopsis sp. Becker-Migdisova 1959 true bug
PIN 5306/38 (tegmen), 39 (clavus)
 Orthoptera -
? Gerarina indet.
? Gerarina indet. Scudder 1885 grasshopper
PIN 5306/43 (femur)
 Dicondylia -
"Grylloblattida indet." = Grylloblattodea
"Grylloblattida indet." = Grylloblattodea Walker 1914 ice crawler
Includes PIN 5306/12 (pronotum)
 Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae
Liomopteridae indet., Liomopterites svetlanae n. sp.
Liomopteridae indet. Sellards 1909 ice crawler
Liomopterites svetlanae n. sp. Aristov 2009 ice crawler
PIN 5306/4
 Paoliida - Paoliidae
"Ideliidae indet." = Paoliidae
"Ideliidae indet." = Paoliidae Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
Includes PIN 5306/3
 Dicondylia -
Plecoptera indet.
Plecoptera indet. Burmeister 1839 stonefly
nymphal exuvium
 Megasecoptera - Scytohymenidae
Scytohymenidae indet., Oceanoptera elenae n. gen. n. sp.
Scytohymenidae indet. Martynov 1937 winged insect
PIN 5306/28
Oceanoptera elenae n. gen. n. sp. Shcherbakov 2009 winged insect
PIN 5306/27
 Coniferales -
Samaropsis ex gr. danilovii, Samaropsis postfrigida