Tudupin (Triassic of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (45.7° N, 85.0° E: paleocoordinates 56.0° N, 67.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Triassic (251.9 - 201.4 Ma)

• Likely Middle or Upper Triassic, but no formation listed

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Junggar basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Q. B. Lin. 1978. On the fossil Blattoidea of China. Acta Entomologica Sinica 21(3):335-342 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146283: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 20.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
"Triassoblatta simplina n. sp." = Taublatta simplina
"Triassoblatta simplina n. sp." = Taublatta simplina Lin 1978 cockroach
NIGP 31094
 Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae
Triassoblatta tudupinensis n. sp. Lin 1978 winged insect
NIGP 31101