Shanwang, Linqu County, collection Dong (Miocene of China)

Where: Shandong, China (36.6° N, 118.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 116.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shanwang Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Paleomagnetic and radiometric evidence correlates the Shanwang Formation to subchron 5En of Chron 5. The main part of the Shanwang Formation covers 18.524 Ma to 18.056 Ma, with the Shanwang Formation as a whole covering 18.5 ma to 17.5 Ma. Recent paleontological results show that the Shanwang Formation can be correlated with the European mammalian zone MN instead of the previous MN5.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous mudstone

• Two minor volcanic faulted basins, the Linqu and Shanwang Basins, are present in the study area. The former lies near the county town of Linqu, and the latter in the Shanwang National Geopark, east of this town. The faulted basins are the result of intense Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic extension and rifting; the development of these basins was closely related in time with the nearby NE-SW and NW-SE trending faults in the Yishu Fault Zone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: either Shandong Provincial Museum or the Museum of Shanwang fossils. This collection contains specimens labeled with the character "dong" followed by a two-digit number and "south"

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8:1-15 [D. Smith/E. Leckey/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128549: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
"Mediaeschna matutina n. gen. n. sp." = Epiaeschna matutina1
"Mediaeschna matutina n. gen. n. sp." = Epiaeschna matutina1 Zhang 1989 darner dragonfly
Dong17Nan
 Ephemeroptera - Heptageniidae
"Ephemerella shanwangensis n. sp." = Heptagenia shanwangensis
"Ephemerella shanwangensis n. sp." = Heptagenia shanwangensis Hong 1984 stream mayfly
Dong21Nan
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Calosoma cf. maderae1, "Shanwangicarabus furvus" = Chlaenius furvus, "Shanwangicarabus paucilus" = Chlaenius furvus1
Calosoma cf. maderae1 Fabricius 1775 ground beetle
Dong9Nan
"Shanwangicarabus furvus" = Chlaenius furvus Hong 1984 ground beetle
Dong13Nan
"Shanwangicarabus paucilus" = Chlaenius furvus1 Hong 1984 ground beetle
Dong14Nan
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Cerambycidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle
Dong11Nan
? Cerambycidae "indet. 2"1 Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle
Dong14Nan
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Hylobius plenus1 Zhang 1989 snout beetle
Dong23Nan
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Anomala furva1 Hong 1984 scarab beetle
Dong18Nan
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
"Tachinus xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Lathrobium xiejiaheense
"Tachinus xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Lathrobium xiejiaheense Hong 1984 rove beetle
Dong22Nan
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
"Camponotus shanwangense n. sp." = Camponotus shanwangensis
"Camponotus shanwangense n. sp." = Camponotus shanwangensis Hong 1984 ant
Dong12Nan
 Hemiptera - Fulgoridae
"Oxycephala xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Limois shanwangensis
"Oxycephala xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Limois shanwangensis Hong 1979 fulgorid planthopper
Dong15Nan
Arachnida
 Araneae - Araneidae
"Magnaranea furva" = Argiope furva2
"Magnaranea furva" = Argiope furva2 Hong 1985 orb-weaving spider
Dong19Nan