Qishuihe outcrop, Hejiafang, Jinsuoguan Town, Tongchuan City (Triassic of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (35.2° N, 109.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 87.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yanchang Formation, Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Fossils come from Upper part of Lower Member of Tongchuan. Ash beds from within the insect-bearing units dated at 238.0 and 237.4 Ma, indicating latest Ladinian age (Zheng et al., 2018). Most authors have indicated that the Tongchuan Formation should be abolished as it has no distinctive lithostratigraphic criteria by which it can be separated from the Yanchang Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, gray, green mudstone

• Grayish-green mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, B. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang and H. C. Zhang. 2017. The first Triassic 'Protodonatan' (Zygophlebiidae) from China: stratigraphical implications. Geological Magazine 154:169-174 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183209: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Reculida - Chaulioditidae
Chauliodites tongchuanensis n. sp.18 Zhang et al. 2022 winged insect
NIGP 162048
 Trichoptera -
Folindusia sp.23 Berry 1927 caddisfly
NIGP 162050
 Mecoptera - Thaumatomeropidae
Thaumatomerope sinensis n. sp.13 Lian and Huang 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 203509
 Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Turbidapsyche sp.14 Lian and Huang 2024 scorpionfly
NIGP 204958, 969
Turbidapsyche hongi n. sp.14 Lian and Huang 2024 scorpionfly
NIGP 204966, 967
"Mesopsyche jinsuoguanensis n. sp." = Turbidapsyche jinsuoguanensis10 Lian et al. 2021 scorpionfly
NIGP 173731
Turbidapsyche tongchuanensis14 Hong 2007 scorpionfly
NIGP 204959
Turbidapsyche orientalis n. sp.14 Lian and Huang 2024 scorpionfly
NIGP 204960
Turbidapsyche sparsanota n. sp.14 Lian and Huang 2024 scorpionfly
NIGP 204961, 962, 963, 964, 965
Prochoristella sp.23 Riek 1953 scorpionfly
NIGP 162043
 Mecoptera - Permochoristidae
Mesochorista tongchuanensis n. sp.11 Lian et al. 2022 scorpionfly
NIGP 177980; 177981, 177982, 200026
Agetopanorpa sinica n. sp.11 Lian et al. 2022 scorpionfly
NIGP 177983
 Mecoptera - Parachoristidae
Virgulaparachorista tongchuanensis n. gen. n. sp.12 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 177962
Virgulaparachorista elegans n. sp.12 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 177963
Sinoparachorista rara n. gen. n. sp.12 Lian et al. 2023 scorpionfly
NIGP 177961
 Coleoptera -
Dytiscoidea indet.23 Leach 1815 beetle
NIGP 162054
Myxophaga indet.23 Crowson 1955 beetle
NIGP 162052
Elateriformia indet.23 Crowson 1960 beetle
NIGP 162053
 Orthoptera - Locustavidae
Hejiafanga tongchuanensis n. gen. n. sp.15
Hejiafanga tongchuanensis n. gen. n. sp.15 Xu et al. 2020 grasshopper
NIGP 162042
 Hemiptera - Permopsyllidiidae
Triassopsyllidiida pectinata n. gen. n. sp.9 Huang et al. 2022 true bug
NIGP 180297
 Hemiptera -
Aphidoidea indet.23 Latreille 1802 aphid
NIGP 162047
 Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae
Cicadocorinae indet.23 Bekker-Migdisova 1958 true bug
NIGP 162049, 162055
Mesoscytina tongchuanensis n. sp.17 Zhang et al. 2024 true bug
NIGP 205761
 Hemiptera - Archijassidae
Eocicadellium grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.4
Eocicadellium grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.4 Fu and Huang 2022 true bug
NIGP 201027-201032
 Hemiptera -
Triasalus chromatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Triasalus chromatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Fabrikant et al. 2024 true bug
NIGP 206538
 Hemiptera - Dunstaniidae
Dunstaniidae indet.23 Tillyard 1916 true bug
NIGP 162046
 Hemiptera - Dysmorphoptilidae
Tennentsia orientalis n. sp.2 Fu et al. 2021 true bug
NIGP 173722
 Hemiptera - Maguviopseidae
Archaeomaguviopsis magicus n. gen. n. sp.5 Fu and Huang 2022 true bug
NIGP 179643
 Hemiptera - Curvicubitidae
Beaconiella tongchuanensis n. sp.19 Zhang et al. 2024 true bug
NIGP 178075, 178076
 Hemiptera - Hylicellidae
Sinohylicella sigmoidea n. gen. n. sp.7, Vetusala maculata n. gen. n. sp.6
Sinohylicella sigmoidea n. gen. n. sp.7 Fu et al. 2024 true bug
NIGP 205890
Vetusala maculata n. gen. n. sp.6 Fu and Huang 2023 true bug
NIGP 203460
 Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae
Scytinoptera minusculata n. sp.8 Hakim and Fu 2024 true bug
NIGP 205891
Scytinoptera tongchuanensis n. sp.22 Zhang et al. 2021 true bug
NIGP 177616; In Hakim & Fu (2024 NIGP 205892, 893, 894, 206003, 206004, 206005/006
 Hemiptera - Granulidae
Sinogranulus qishuiheensis n. gen. n. sp.16 Zhang et al. 2021 true bug
NIGP 174710; NIGP 179635-179638 in Fu et al., 2022
Sinogranulus jinsuoguanensis n. sp.3 Fu and Huang 2022 true bug
NIGP 179639, 179640-179642
 Hemiptera - Surijokocixiidae
Sinofulgoridium suni n. gen. n. sp.20 Zhang et al. 2024 planthopper
NIGP 203628
Boreocixius tongchuanensis n. sp.21 Zhang et al. 2021 planthopper
NIGP 162045
 Dicondylia - Zygophlebiidae
Zygophlebia sp.23 Pritykina 1981 winged insect
NIGP 163160
Zygophlebia tongchuanensis n. sp. Zheng et al. 2017 winged insect
NIGP 162226