Shizizhen, Guyuan, Liupanshan basin (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Ningxia, China (35.7° N, 106.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 108.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Liupanshan Group, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: Q. B. Lin. 1982. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of Northwest China: Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia Volume 3:70-83 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123447: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Guyuanaeschnidia eximia n. gen. n. sp.
Guyuanaeschnidia eximia n. gen. n. sp. Lin 1982 true dragonfly
NIGP 44785
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug
NIGP 44793
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Pseudoacrida costata n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudoacrida costata n. gen. n. sp. Lin 1982 grasshopper
NIGP 18403