Gancaoshan, Xiangning County (Permian of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (36.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 82.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shanxi Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• 1.7 m-thick interval near base of Shanxi Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black shale

• Ordos basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1980. New late Paleozoic insects from Shanxi. Geological Review 26:89-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140455: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Tomacblatta reticulata n. sp., Sardyoblatta xiashanensis n. sp., Sardyoblatta lata n. sp.
Tomacblatta reticulata n. sp. Hong 1985 cockroach
ShaX152
Sardyoblatta xiashanensis n. sp. Hong 1985 cockroach
ShaX1005
Sardyoblatta lata n. sp. Hong 1985 cockroach
ShaX167, 171
 Blattodea - Paucineuridae
Paucineura hsui n. gen. n. sp.
Paucineura hsui n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi006
 Blattodea - Necymylacridae
Metaxyblatta gancaoshanensis n. sp.
Metaxyblatta gancaoshanensis n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi007
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Shanxiblatta suni n. gen. n. sp., Shanxiblatta striata n. sp.
Shanxiblatta suni n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi001
Shanxiblatta striata n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi004
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) xiangningensis n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) lobata n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) variata n. sp., Phyloblatta (Carbonoblatta) sinica n. sp., Xenoblatta longa n. sp.
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) xiangningensis n. sp. Hong 1980 winged insect
ShaXi002
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) lobata n. sp. Hong 1985 winged insect
ShaX160
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) variata n. sp. Hong 1985 winged insect
ShaX158
Phyloblatta (Carbonoblatta) sinica n. sp. Hong 1980 winged insect
ShaXi003
Xenoblatta longa n. sp. Hong 1985 winged insect
ShaX155
 Orthoptera - Oedischiidae
Sinoedischia carbonica n. gen. n. sp., Sinoedischia granulata n. sp.
Sinoedischia carbonica n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1985 grasshopper
ShaX173
Sinoedischia granulata n. sp. Hong 1985 grasshopper
ShaX135