Daohugou (CNU 2020 collection) (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.3° N, 119.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 122.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• The age of the Daohugou fauna has been controversial. Liu et al. (2012) obtained U-Pb shrimp ages of 160.5 and 161.0 Myr on ash beds associated with fossils of the Daohugou fauna, suggesting a Callovian-Oxfordian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Basins characterized by flexure and early rifting (Li et al., 2004)
• "tuffaceous shale"; "freshwater shales interbedded with tuffs"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical

• Repository: Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.

Primary reference: J. J. Gu, X. Yang, R. Huang, G. J. Yang, Y. L. Yue and D. Ren. 2021. New species and material of Hagloidea (Insecta, Ensifera) from the Yanliao biota of China. ZooKeys 1033:183-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219840: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae
Chuanblatta huntianlingensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Liang et al. 2021 cockroach
CNU-B-NN-2010100; paratypes 2020042, 2020113; 602 additional specimens
Chuanblatta lata n. sp.1 Liang et al. 2021 cockroach
CNU-B-NN-2020083; paratype 2020106; 48 additional specimens
 Orthoptera - Tuphellidae
Liassophyllum caii Gu and Ren 2012 grasshopper
CNU-ORT-NN2020001
 Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Mirokempynus profundobifurcus n. gen. n. sp.2 Ma et al. 2020 lance lacewing
CNU-NEU-NN2020001
Arbusella platyptera n. sp.3 Ma and Wang 2022 lance lacewing
CNU-NEU-NN2020005
Jurakempynus loculosus n. sp.2 Ma et al. 2020 lance lacewing
CNU-NEU-NN2020002
 Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Lichenipolystoechotes fenestratus n. sp.4 Xu et al. 2021 moth lacewing
CNU-NEU-NN2020003, 004