Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2018 collection (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 122.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yixian Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• The Yixian Formation can be subdivided into five units, in ascending order, Lujiatun unit, Lower Lava, Jianshangou unit, Upper Lava, Dawangzhangzi unit, Jingangshan unit, and Huanghuashan unit. Most of the Jehol fossils from the Yixian Formation are preserved in four beds, that is, the Lujiatun bed (recalculated age is 124.0 ± 1.0/1.3 Ma, He et al., 2006), the Jianshangou bed (125.43 ± 0.50/0.88 Ma, Swisher et al., 1999), the Dawangzhangzi bed, and Jinggangshan bed (~122 Ma, Smith et al., 1995).U-Pb dating suggests that the Huangbanjigou section ranges from 124.9 ± 1.7 Ma to 122.8 ± 1.6 Ma (Yang et al., 2007). Chang et al. (2017) obtained Ar/Ar ages of 125.8 ± 1.0 Ma and 126.0 ± 0.8 Ma from the Lujiatun Unit, the lowest part of the Yixian Formation, below the lacustrine shales.

•He et al. (2004) reported a 40Ar/39Ar age of 120.3 ± 0.7 Ma for a tuff layer in the lower part of the Jiufotang Formation, and Chang et al. (2009) obtained a 40Ar/39Ar age of 122.1 ± 0.3 Ma for a tuff layer from the lowermost part of the Jiufotang Formation. Yu et al. (2021) dated an ash bed just above the Yixian/Jiufotang formation boundary to 122.0 ± 0.9 Ma and three tuff beds from the Xiaotaizi section to 118.9 ± 0.8 Ma, 118.8 ± 0.6 Ma, and 118.6 ± 1.1 Ma. These ages suggest that the Jiufotang Formation in Jianchang Basin was deposited at ca. 122.0–118.9 Ma.

•Olierrok et al. (2019) used a selection of U-Pb and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology to place the Barremian–Aptian boundary (the base of the Chron M0r) between 123.8 and 121.8 Ma. The GTS 2020 uses an age of 121.4 Ma for the base of the Aptian, and multiproxy orbital tuning gives an age of 120.2 Ma for the Barremian-Aptian boundary (Leandro et al., 2022). Therefore, the Yixian Formation should be entirely Late Barremian, with the Jiufotang Formation deposited in the Early Aptian (or latest Barremian at its base).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, tuffaceous mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Capital Normal University, Beijing

Primary reference: Z. H. Liu, A. Ślipiński, D. Ren and H. Pang. 2019. The first Mesozoic Helotidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Cretaceous Research 96:113-119 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198810: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.01.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Amplicella abbreviata n. sp.2 Li et al. 2019 ichneumon wasp
CNU-HYM-LB-2018101
 Hymenoptera - Megalodontesidae
Jibaissodes peichenae n. sp.3 Wang et al. 2019 sawfly
CNU-COL-LB2018033
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Mesypochrysa pusilla n. sp.4 Zhang et al. 2020 green lacewing
CNU-NEU-LB2018002
Mesypochrysa binervis n. sp.4 Zhang et al. 2020 green lacewing
CNU-NEU-LB2018001
 Coleoptera - Helotidae
Palaeohelota parva n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeohelota parva n. gen. n. sp. Liu et al. 2019 beetle
CNU-COL-LB2018001
 Coleoptera - Eucnemidae
Rheanischia brevicornis n. gen. n. sp.1
Rheanischia brevicornis n. gen. n. sp.1 Li et al. 2021 false click beetle
CNU-COL-LB2018344, 313
 Coleoptera - Histeridae
Antigracilus costatus n. gen. n. sp.5
Antigracilus costatus n. gen. n. sp.5 Zhou et al. 2020 clown beetle
CNU-COL-LB2018001