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
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Shandong Provincial Museum. This collection contains specimens labeled with six-digit numbers starting with 7......
Primary reference: Q. B. Lin. 1982. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 3:148-155 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130412: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Shanwangicarabus brunneus n. sp." = Calosoma brunneum3
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"Sinocurculia shanwangensis" = Atactogaster shanwangensis3
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"Sinocaralosoma expansum n. sp." = Mesosa expansa2, "Megacarabus shanwangensis n. sp." = Trachylophus shanwangensis2, Zoodes shandongensis n. sp.3
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Scarabaeoidea "indet. 2"3 Latreille 1802 scarab beetle 750089 (Magniscarabaeus furvus in Hong & Wang, 1985 - pl 18, fig 2)
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Serrulus sinicus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Anomala amblobelia n. sp.3 Zhang 1989 scarab beetle 750098 (Magniscarabaeus furvus in Hong & Wang, 1985 - pl 18, fig 1)
"Cetoniidae indet." = Schizorhinini3 Burmeister 1842 flower chafer 750136 (Obitiscarabaeus jiaoyanshanensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 23, fig 1)
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Orrhodomala protista n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Corymbites emblemoelytrus n. sp." = Ctenicera emblemoelytra3 Zhang 1989 click beetle 750155/6 (Magniscarabaeus brunneus in Hong, 1985 - pl 19, fig 2)
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"Curticantharis thermophila n. sp." = Themus (Themus) thermophilus3
"Curticantharis thermophila n. sp." = Themus (Themus) thermophilus3 Zhang 1989 soldier beetle 750097/6
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Sinicorussus luzhongensis n. gen. n. sp.
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"Rectorhagas dumetorum n. gen. n. sp." = Paraphaenogaster dumetorum, Leptogenys chinensis3, Formica "sp. 1"3
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"Hylophylax erromena n. gen. n. sp." = Limois shanwangensis
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"Laragithemis pilifera n. gen. n. sp." = Macromia pilifera
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Arachnida | |
Sinoscorpius shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.1
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