DH2-1, Chicheng County (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Hebei, China (40.8° N, 115.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 119.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Houcheng Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified mudstone

• Basins characterized by flexure and early rifting (Li et al., 2004)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Beijing Museum of Natural History

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1997. Discovery of fossil insects from Houcheng Formation of Hebei Province and establish of Houcheng entomofauna. Beijing Geology 1997(1):1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156711: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Anisopodidae
Huaxiarhyphus chichengensis n. gen. n. sp.
Huaxiarhyphus chichengensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1996 wood gnat
 Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Mesoblattina sp.
Mesoblattina sp. Geinitz 1880 cockroach
Beijing Museum of Natural History Hch90/4
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Rhipidoblattina chichengensis n. sp., Sogdoblatta sp.
Rhipidoblattina chichengensis n. sp. Hong 1997 cockroach
Beijing Museum of Natural History Hch90/2
Sogdoblatta sp. Martynov 1937 cockroach
Beijing Museum of Natural History Hch90/3