Nanligezhuang, Laiyang City (NIGP collection) (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. Extensional regime in response to the progressive attenuation of the thickened lithosphere and orogenic collapse.
• 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

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: D. Y. Huang, C. Cai, and A. Chen. 2012. The homonymy of Xishania with reference to Xishania fusiformis Hong, 1981 and X. longiusula Hu, 2002. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 51(1):102-106 [M. Smith/M. Smith]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161254: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Blattulidae
Clypeblattula panda n. gen. n. sp.4
Clypeblattula panda n. gen. n. sp.4 Zhang et al. 2024 cockroach
NIGP 203389
 Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Proraphidia anisomorpha n. sp.1
Proraphidia anisomorpha n. sp.1 Chen et al. 2024 snakefly
NIGP 204107
 Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Coptoclava longipoda6
Coptoclava longipoda6 Ping 1928 beetle
NIGP LY09027, LY09028, LY09029, LY09030, LY09031
 Hemiptera -
Laiyangella zhangi n. gen. n. sp.5
Laiyangella zhangi n. gen. n. sp.5 Zhao et al. 2022 planthopper
NIGP 200781, 200782
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug
NIGP 154535
 Diptera - Eremochaetidae
Alleremonomus xingi2
Alleremonomus xingi2 Ren and Guo 1995 fly
NIGP L91855
 Diptera - Protapioceridae
Pseudapiocera shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Pseudapiocera shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Zhang 2015 fly
NIGP L91815
1Chen et al. 2024; 2Zhang 2014; 3Zhang 2015; 4Zhang et al. 2024; 5Zhao et al. 2022; 6Zhao et al. 2018