Maiyohkow, Turfan (Jurassic of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (42.9° N, 89.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 95.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by T.H. Ting

Primary reference: C. Ping. 1935. On four fossil insects from Sinkiang. The Chinese Journal of Zoology 1:107-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124528: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Ephemeroptera -
"Ephemeropsis tingi n. sp." = Turfanerella tingi
"Ephemeropsis tingi n. sp." = Turfanerella tingi Ping 1935 mayfly
 Odonata -
Mesonetopsis zeni n. gen. n. sp.
Mesonetopsis zeni n. gen. n. sp. Ping 1935 dragonfly
 Dermaptera -
Mesoforficula sinkianensis n. gen. n. sp. Ping 1935 earwig
 Plecoptera - Platyperlidae
"Sinoephemera kingi n. gen. n. sp." = Platyperla kingi
"Sinoephemera kingi n. gen. n. sp." = Platyperla kingi Ping 1935 stonefly