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)
• Shanxi Formation is uppermost Sakmarian to Artinskian, but these fossils come from the bottom part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: possibly originally at Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1985. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of North China, I, Palaeozoic Volume 492-511 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140933: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sinohymen gancaoshanensis n. gen. n. sp., Paleohymen shanxiensis n. gen. n. sp., Paleohymen renmazhuangensis n. sp.
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Tomacblatta bifurcullata n. sp., Sibiroblatta lenticulata n. sp., Liroblatta internata n. gen. n. sp.
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Phyloblatta (Carbonoblatta) scabrata n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) rigida n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) extensa n. sp.
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