PBDB Collection

Solite Quarries (VMNH collection) (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Solite Corporation

Where: North Carolina (36.5° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 23.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cow Branch Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Located in the Newark Supergroup

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified shale

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: Repository: Virginia Museum of Natural History

Primary reference: V. A. Blagoderov, D. A. Grimaldi, and N. C. Fraser. 2007. How time flies for flies: diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the order. American Museum Novitates 3572:1-39 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106479: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 18.03.2011, edited by April Kinchloe, Jered Karr, Matthew Clapham and Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Diapsida -	Mecistotrachelos apeoros n. gen. n. sp.³ Mecistotrachelos apeoros n. gen. n. sp.³ Fraser et al. 2007 archosauromorph
Arachnida
Araneae -	Argyrarachne solitus n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Argyrarachne solitus n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Selden 1999 spider VMNH 782
Insecta
Diptera - Limoniidae	Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum n. gen. n. sp., Metarchilimonia solita n. sp. Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum n. gen. n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 crane fly VMNH 732, VMNH 3671 Metarchilimonia solita n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 crane fly VMNH 3013
Diptera - Paraxymyiidae	Virginiptera lativentra n. sp., Virginiptera similis n. sp., Virginiptera certa n. gen. n. sp. Virginiptera lativentra n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fungus gnat VMNH 2923, VMNH 914 Virginiptera similis n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fungus gnat VMNH 825, 1042 Virginiptera certa n. gen. n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fungus gnat VMNH 731, 2998
Diptera - Procramptonomyiidae	Yalea rectimedia n. sp. Yalea rectimedia n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fly VMNH 1041
Diptera - Crosaphididae	Crosaphis virginiensis n. sp. Crosaphis virginiensis n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fly VMNH 797
Diptera - Protorhyphidae	Brachyrhyphus distortus n. gen. n. sp. Brachyrhyphus distortus n. gen. n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fly VMNH 2927
Diptera - Prosechamyiidae	Prosechamyia dimedia n. sp., Prosechamyia trimedia n. sp. Prosechamyia dimedia n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fly VMNH 957 Prosechamyia trimedia n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 fly VMNH 1371
Diptera - Psychodidae	Triassopsychoda olseni n. gen. n. sp. Triassopsychoda olseni n. gen. n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007 moth fly VMNH 733
Thysanoptera - Triassothripidae	Triassothrips virginicus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Triassothrips virginicus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Grimaldi and Fraser 2004 thrips VMNH 747, 729, 769, 923, 921, 922, 3213
Hemiptera - Belostomatidae	Triassonepa solensis n. gen. n. sp.² Triassonepa solensis n. gen. n. sp.² Criscione and Grimaldi 2017 giant water bug VMNH 94671, 49641, 50230, 50512, 52498, 53871, 53880, 53881, 54155, 90279, 90281, 94575a, 94672
Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae	Phyloblatta grimaldii n. sp.⁸ Phyloblatta grimaldii n. sp.⁸ Vršanský 2003 winged insect AMNH
Coleoptera -	Mormolucoides articulatus⁶ Mormolucoides articulatus⁶ Hitchcock 1858 beetle VMNH 898, 899 (an "abundance" of specimens)
Coleoptera - Hydroscaphidae	Leehermania prorova n. gen. n. sp.¹ Leehermania prorova n. gen. n. sp.¹ Chatzimanolis et al. 2012 skiff beetle VMNH 734, 1233, 1343, 1446, 1997-174, FN442, 2986, 2805, 3099, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6, C-7, 1278, 1341
Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae	Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Grimaldi and Fraser 2005 scorpionfly VMNH 730

¹Chatzimanolis et al. 2012; ²Criscione and Grimaldi 2017; ³Fraser et al. 2007; ⁴Grimaldi et al. 2004; ⁵Grimaldi et al. 2005; ⁶Huber et al. 2003; ⁷Selden et al. 1999; ⁸Vršanský 2003