Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay (Jurassic to of China)

Also known as Tuziakeneigou

Where: Xinjiang, China (45.6° N, 84.9° E: paleocoordinates 57.6° N, 84.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badaowan Formation, Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• The Badaowan Formation in the Haojiagou Section was recently determined to be latest Rhaetian–Sinemurian in age and its middle part to be early Jurassic (Chen et al. 2024)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified sandstone

• Junggar basin
• Grey and greyish-green conglomerates, sandstones intercalated with mudstones and coal seams

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: H. C. Zhang. 1997. Jurassic palaeontinids from Karamai, Xinjiang, with a discussion of Palaeontinidae (Homoptera: Palaeontinidae) in China. Entomologica Sinica 4:312-323 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103480: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.01.2011, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Campterophlebiidae
Jurassophlebia xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp.10, Dorsettia sinica n. sp.8, Honghea xui n. gen. n. sp.9
Jurassophlebia xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp.10 Zheng et al. 2019 dragonfly
NIGP 163294
Dorsettia sinica n. sp.8 Zheng et al. 2016 dragonfly
NIGP 162227
Honghea xui n. gen. n. sp.9 Zheng et al. 2018 dragonfly
NIGP 165288
 Mecoptera - Protorthophlebiidae
Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) karamayiensis n. sp.3 Hong and Guo 2010 scorpionfly
NIGP 126379 (93-HE-32/K1,2) - Protorthophlebia latipennis in Zhang, 1996 (pl 2, fig 5)
"Mesopanorpa aff. obscura" = Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) obscura5 Martynov 1925 scorpionfly
NIGP 126378 (92-T-22/K1)
Protorthophlebia (Protorthophlebia) badaowanica n. sp.3 Hong and Guo 2010 scorpionfly
NIGP 126377 (58SK15/K3) - Mesopanorpa obscura in Zhang,1996
Protorthophlebia latipennis5 Tillyard 1933 scorpionfly
92-T-30/K
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Mesopanorpa brodiei5 Tillyard 1933 scorpionfly
58SK14/K1
Mesopanorpa densa n. sp.5 Zhang 1996 scorpionfly
58SK15/K1
Mesopanorpa monstrosa n. sp.5 Zhang 1996 scorpionfly
92-T-47/K1
Mesopanorpa kuliki5 Martynova 1948 scorpionfly
58SK14/K3
Orthophlebia colorata n. sp.5 Zhang 1996 scorpionfly
93-T-10/K2
Orthophlebia latebrosa5 Sukatsheva 1985 scorpionfly
58SK44/K1
 Mecoptera - Parachoristidae
Junggarochorista tuzigouensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Hong 2009 scorpionfly
NIGP 126376 (92-T-22/K3) - Mesopanorpa obscura or P. latipennis in Zhang,1996 (pl. 2, fig 2)
 Hemiptera - Archijassidae
Karamayojassus xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Chen et al. 2024 true bug
NIGP 201464
 Hemiptera - Procercopidae
Procercopina delicata n. sp.7 Zhang et al. 2003 froghopper
NIGP 126537
 Hemiptera - Dunstaniidae
Fletcheriana jurassica n. sp. Zhang 1997 true bug
NIGP 126781
 Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
"Pseudocossus strenus n. sp." = Martynovocossus strenus, Plachutella exculpta n. sp.
"Pseudocossus strenus n. sp." = Martynovocossus strenus Zhang 1997 true bug
NIGP 126783
Plachutella exculpta n. sp. Zhang 1997 true bug
NIGP 126782
 Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Aboilus tuzigouensis n. sp.4 Lin and Huang 2006 hump-winged cricket
NIGP 133703
 Orthoptera - Haglidae
Mesohagla xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp.6
Mesohagla xinjiangensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Zhang 1996 hump-winged cricket
NIGP 126547 (58SK15/5)