Houdong, Yinping Mountain, SW Chaohu City (Permian of China)

Where: Anhui, China (31.5° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 100.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yinping Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Formerly listed as Gufeng/Kufeng Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: Q. B. Lin. 1982. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:329-332 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103239: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Dysmorphoptilidae
Sinomorphoptila incompleta n. gen. n. sp.1
Sinomorphoptila incompleta n. gen. n. sp.1 Fu and Huang 2020 true bug
NIGP 173214
 Glosselytrodea - Glosselytridae
Sinojurina permiana n. gen. n. sp.3
Sinojurina permiana n. gen. n. sp.3 Huang et al. 2007 winged insect
NIGP 142193
 Coleoptera - Ademosynidae
Chaocoleus limnebius n. gen. n. sp.9
Chaocoleus limnebius n. gen. n. sp.9 Ponomarenko et al. 2014 beetle
NIGP 158308, 158309
 Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae
Dikerocoleus divisus n. gen. n. sp.
Dikerocoleus divisus n. gen. n. sp. Lin 1982 beetle
NIGP 70704 (text indicates from Longtan Fm, but plate caption says Gufeng (=Yinping) Fm); 158310 in Ponomarenko et al. 2014
 Coleoptera - Taldycupedidae
Taldycupes pingi n. sp.9
Taldycupes pingi n. sp.9 Ponomarenko et al. 2014 beetle
NIGP 158304, 158305CHP-3, 158306
 Coleoptera - Asiocoleidae
Asiocoleopsis hongi n. gen. n. sp.9
Asiocoleopsis hongi n. gen. n. sp.9 Ponomarenko et al. 2014 beetle
NIGP 158307
 Coleoptera - Permocupedidae
Linicupes yinpinensis n. gen. n. sp.9
Linicupes yinpinensis n. gen. n. sp.9 Ponomarenko et al. 2014 beetle
NIGP 158303
 Coleoptera -
Archosyne permiana n. gen. n. sp.9
Archosyne permiana n. gen. n. sp.9 Ponomarenko et al. 2014 beetle
NIGP 158302
 Mecoptera - Permochoristidae
Permeca chaohuensis n. sp.6, Chaohuchorista liaoi n. gen. n. sp.5
Permeca chaohuensis n. sp.6 Lian et al. 2022 scorpionfly
NIGP 200025
Chaohuchorista liaoi n. gen. n. sp.5 Lian et al. 2022 scorpionfly
NIGP 180619
 Mecoptera - Sinoagetopanorpidae
Sinoagetopanorpidae indet.7, Raragetopanorpa zhangi n. gen. n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa elegans n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa grimaldii n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa nigra n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa rotunda n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa lini n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa permiana n. gen. n. sp.8, Sinoagetopanorpa magna n. sp.7, Sinoagetopanorpa minuta n. sp.7, Permoagetopanorpa yinpingensis n. gen. n. sp.7, Permoagetopanorpa incompleta n. sp.7
Sinoagetopanorpidae indet.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200930-200943 (hind wings)
Raragetopanorpa zhangi n. gen. n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200927
Sinoagetopanorpa elegans n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200921
Sinoagetopanorpa grimaldii n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200922, 200923, 200924, 200925
Sinoagetopanorpa nigra n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200912
Sinoagetopanorpa rotunda n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200913, 200914, 200915
Sinoagetopanorpa lini n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200916, 200917, 200918, 200919
Sinoagetopanorpa permiana n. gen. n. sp.8 Lin et al. 2010 scorpionfly
NIGP 143428; NIGP 200888-200911 in Lian et al. 2023
Sinoagetopanorpa magna n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200926
Sinoagetopanorpa minuta n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200920
Permoagetopanorpa yinpingensis n. gen. n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200928
Permoagetopanorpa incompleta n. sp.7 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 200929
 Orthoptera - Legendreiidae
Legendreia magnifica n. gen. n. sp.4
Legendreia magnifica n. gen. n. sp.4 Huang et al. 2020 grasshopper
NIGP 171019
 Orthoptera -
Yinpingia caesia n. gen. n. sp.
Yinpingia caesia n. gen. n. sp. Lin 1982 grasshopper
 Caloneurodea - Apsidoneuridae
Sinaspidoneura magnifica n. gen. n. sp.2
Sinaspidoneura magnifica n. gen. n. sp.2 Huang et al. 2020 winged insect
NIGP 173204, 173730
1Fu and Huang 2020; 2Huang et al. 2020; 3Huang et al. 2007; 4Huang et al. 2020; 5Lian et al. 2022; 6Lian et al. 2022; 7Lian et al. 2023; 8Lin et al. 2010; 9Ponomarenko et al. 2014