Lushangfen, Fangshan District (Tianjin collection) (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Beijing Shi, China (39.8° N, 116.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 115.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lushangfen Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of North China, II, Mesozoic Volume 128-185 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155161: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Procercopidae
"Sunoscytinopteris lushangfenensis n. gen. n. sp." = Sinocercopis lushangfenensis
"Sunoscytinopteris lushangfenensis n. gen. n. sp." = Sinocercopis lushangfenensis Hong 1984 froghopper
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
"Xishania fusiformis n. gen. n. sp." = Mesolygaeus laiyangensis
"Xishania fusiformis n. gen. n. sp." = Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug
Pl 1001, 1018
 Coleoptera -
"Discus lushangfenensis n. gen. n. sp." = Jingxidiscus lushangfenensis
"Discus lushangfenensis n. gen. n. sp." = Jingxidiscus lushangfenensis Hong 1981 beetle
Pl 1019
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Fangshania punctata n. gen. n. sp.
Fangshania punctata n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1981 ground beetle
Pl 1002
 Coleoptera -
? Eurycoleus foveolatus n. sp. Hong 1984 beetle
 Coleoptera - Trachypachidae
Xishanocarabus parvus n. gen. n. sp.
Xishanocarabus parvus n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1984 false ground beetle