Heishanyao village, Shimenzhai Township (Triassic of China)

Where: Hebei, China (40.1° N, 119.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 114.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laohugou Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• Middle of the Laohugou Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, black shale

• The black shale and siltstone are rich in plant remains, and it is likely that the preservation environment of these fossil insects was a lake-marsh one.
• black shales and siltstones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: D. Y. Huang, J. Gao, C. Dong, Y. T. Su, Y. Z. Fu, X. R. Li, Y. M. Liu and C. Y. Cai. 2019. Late Triassic fossil insects from the Laohugou Formation of northern China (Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province). Palaeoentomology 2:183-191 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202335: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Hemiptera indet.
Hemiptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 true bug
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Caloblattina sp.
Caloblattina sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
 Blattaria - Rhipidoblattinidae
? Rhipidoblattina sp.
? Rhipidoblattina sp. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
 Dicondylia -
Dictyoptera indet., Coleoptera indet.
Dictyoptera indet. Latreille 1829 winged insect
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle