PBDB Collection

Belmont (BMNH collection) (Permian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.0° S, 151.7° E: paleocoordinates 66.5° S, 144.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belmont Conglomerate Member (Croudace Bay Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• From horizon 70 feet below base of Fassifern Coal, according to Knight (1950). Fassifern coal dated at 253.38 +/- 0.08 Ma and the underlying Upper Pilot A seam at 253.55 +/- 0.06 Ma by Metcalf et al. (2015).

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, fine-grained, tuffaceous, gray chert

• Switch to contractional deformation in Hunter-Bowen orogeny occurred c. 265 Ma; Sydney basin transitioned into foreland basin

• hard, fine-grained tuffaceous chert

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. Kukalová. 1966. Protelytroptera from the Upper Permian of Australia, with a discussion of the Protocoleoptera and Paracoleoptera. Psyche 73:89-111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107958: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.04.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Eoblattida - Mesorthopteridae	Belmophenopterum pectinatum n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Belmophenopterum pectinatum n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 insect NHM In 45837
Hemiptera - Simulaphididae	Simulaphis shaposhnikovi n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Simulaphis shaposhnikovi n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Shcherbakov 2007 true bug BMNH In 45240/45309
Hemiptera - Pincombeidae	Pincombea sp.⁶ Pincombea sp.⁶ Tillyard 1922 true bug BMNH In 45314, 45221
Hemiptera - Protopsyllidiidae	Protopsyllidium australe¹, Protopsyllidium sinuatum¹ Protopsyllidium australe¹ Tillyard 1926 true bug BMNH In. 45333 Protopsyllidium sinuatum¹ Davis 1942 true bug BMNH In. 45341, 45330, 45338
Hemiptera - Permopsyllidiidae	Permopsyllidium quadrimediatum n. sp.¹ Permopsyllidium quadrimediatum n. sp.¹ Becker-Migdisova 1985 true bug BMNH In. 45329
Permopsocida - Psocidiidae	Hypopsylla belmontensis n. gen. n. sp.³ Hypopsylla belmontensis n. gen. n. sp.³ Prokop et al. 2016 winged insect BMNH In. 45397/46044
Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae	Jarmilacladus variabilis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Jarmilacladus variabilis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 winged insect NHM In 45929, 45520, 45627
Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae	Permomerope australis⁷ Permomerope australis⁷ Tillyard 1926 winged insect 2 wings and 1 complete body
Mecoptera - Permotanyderidae	Permotanyderus ableptus⁵, "Choristotanyderus nanus" = Permotanyderus nanus⁵ Permotanyderus ableptus⁵ Riek 1953 scorpionfly BMNH In.45378 "Choristotanyderus nanus" = Permotanyderus nanus⁵ Riek 1953 scorpionfly BMNHP 45444
Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae	Prochoristella sp.² Prochoristella sp.² Riek 1953 scorpionfly BMNHP 45417
Protelytroptera - Dermelytridae	Chanoselytron gingiva n. gen. n. sp., Psychelytron progressivum n. gen. n. sp., Dermelytron pigmentatum n. sp., Dermelytron conservativum n. gen. n. sp. Chanoselytron gingiva n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45493 Psychelytron progressivum n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45900 Dermelytron pigmentatum n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45474 Dermelytron conservativum n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45725, 45514, 45768, 45522, 32758
Protelytroptera - Labidelytridae	Xenelytron ligula n. gen. n. sp., "Stenelytron enervatum n. gen. n. sp." = Labidelytron enervatum Xenelytron ligula n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45526, ?38113 (also listed P. granulatum) "Stenelytron enervatum n. gen. n. sp." = Labidelytron enervatum Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45958/45515, 45523, 45508, 45930, 45704, 45520, 45505, 45516, 45512
Protelytroptera - Protocoleidae	Phyllelytron granulatum n. sp., Phyllelytron folium n. gen. n. sp., Phyllelytron melinum n. sp., Phyllelytron petalon n. sp., Austrelytron tillyardi n. gen. n. sp. Phyllelytron granulatum n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 38113, 45513, 45519 Phyllelytron folium n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45364, 45529, 45504 Phyllelytron melinum n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45510 Phyllelytron petalon n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45703, 45528, 45734 Austrelytron tillyardi n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45525
Protelytroptera - Permophilidae	Elytrathrix hirsuta n. gen. n. sp., Permophilus capulus n. sp., Permophilus hirtus n. sp. Elytrathrix hirsuta n. gen. n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45503 Permophilus capulus n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 45518 Permophilus hirtus n. sp. Kukalová 1966 winged insect BMNH In 46014, 45805

¹Becker-Migdisova 1985; ²Khramov et al. 2020; ³Prokop et al. 2016; ⁴Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004; ⁵Riek 1977; ⁶Shcherbakov 2007; ⁷Sukatsheva et al. 2007