84GTN4, Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Shandong, China (36.8° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 121.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laiyang Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, black, green shale

• Large (several hundred km2) lake in the Laiyang basin. In addition to the abundant entomofauna, plant fossil fragments, fish and a single bird feather also have been found. Water plants were apparently rare, and at the centre of the lake I have found no plant or animal fossils.
• The Third Member of the Laiyang Formation consists of 250-705 m of calcareous sandstone, siltstone and fine-granted sandstone intercalated with thin, paper-like, insect-rich shales.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Shandong Geological Bureau in 1983-1986

• Repository: Beijing Natural History Museum

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong and W. L. Wang. 1990. Fossil insects from the Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province 44-189 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154886: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera -
"Mesomphrale asiatica n. gen. n. sp." = Mesomphrale asiaticum
"Mesomphrale asiatica n. gen. n. sp." = Mesomphrale asiaticum Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL281-1
 Diptera - Pleciofungivoridae
"Mesopleciofungivora martynovae n. sp." = Eohesperinus martynovae, Eohesperinus latus n. sp.
"Mesopleciofungivora martynovae n. sp." = Eohesperinus martynovae Hong and Wang 1990 fungus gnat
84SHL208
Eohesperinus latus n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 fungus gnat
84SHL10
 Diptera - Serendipidae
Thamnitendipes vegetabilis n. gen. n. sp.
Thamnitendipes vegetabilis n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL23
 Diptera - Asiochaoboridae
Sinochaoborus dividus n. gen. n. sp.
Sinochaoborus dividus n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL278
 Neuroptera -
"Sinosmylites longus n. gen. n. sp." = Hongosmylites longus
"Sinosmylites longus n. gen. n. sp." = Hongosmylites longus Hong 1996 lacewing
84SHL06
 Coleoptera - Agyrtidae
Sinosilphia punctata n. gen. n. sp.
Sinosilphia punctata n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 primitive carrion beetle
84SHL87
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Sinostaphylina nanligezhuangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sinostaphylina nanligezhuangensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 rove beetle
84SHL360-1
 Blattaria - Rhipidoblattinidae
Rhipidoblattina nanligezhuangensis n. sp.
Rhipidoblattina nanligezhuangensis n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 cockroach
84SHL07-1
 Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Sinocicadia shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sinocicadia shandongensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 hairy cicada
84SHL24
 Hemiptera -
"Mesopyrrhocoris fasciata n. gen. n. sp." = Mesopyrrhocoris fasciatus
"Mesopyrrhocoris fasciata n. gen. n. sp." = Mesopyrrhocoris fasciatus Hong and Wang 1990 true bug
84SHL179
 Hemiptera - Anthocoridae
Mesanthocoris brunneus n. gen. n. sp.
Mesanthocoris brunneus n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 minute pirate bug
84SHL156-6
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Mesocorixa nanligezhuangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Mesocorixa nanligezhuangensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 water boatman
84SHL161
 Hemiptera - Notonectidae
Notonectopsis sinica n. gen. n. sp., "Clypostemma xyphiale" = Notonecta xyphiale
Notonectopsis sinica n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 true bug
84SHL202
"Clypostemma xyphiale" = Notonecta xyphiale Popov 1964 true bug
At least one
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug
84SHL171
 Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae
Expansaphis laticosta n. sp.
Expansaphis laticosta n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL0018
 Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae
Ovicimex laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Ovicimex laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 true bug
84SHL119
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Mesolocustopsis sinica n. gen. n. sp.
Mesolocustopsis sinica n. gen. n. sp. Hong and Wang 1990 grasshopper
84SHL147 (6 specimens in total; 5 assigned here)
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
"Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis" = Sinaeschnidia heishankowense
"Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis" = Sinaeschnidia heishankowense Hong 1965 small darner
84SHL01-1, 02-1