Solite Quarries (VMNH collection): Norian, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Mecistotrachelos apeoros n. gen., n. sp. Fraser et al. 2007
Fraser et al. 2007
Arachnida - Araneae
Argyrarachne solitus n. gen., n. sp. Selden 1999
Selden et al. 1999 1 specimen
VMNH 782
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Triassopsychoda olseni n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 733 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Prosechamyiidae
Prosechamyia trimedia n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 1371 (2 measurements)
Prosechamyia dimedia n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 957 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Paraxymyiidae
Virginiptera lativentra n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
2 specimens
VMNH 2923, VMNH 914 (3 measurements)
Virginiptera certa n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
2 specimens
VMNH 731, 2998 (4 measurements)
Virginiptera similis n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
2 specimens
VMNH 825, 1042 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Protorhyphidae
Brachyrhyphus distortus n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 2927 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Crosaphididae
Crosaphis virginiensis n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 797 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Procramptonomyiidae
Yalea rectimedia n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 1041 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
2 specimens
VMNH 732, VMNH 3671 (2 measurements)
Metarchilimonia solita n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2007
1 specimen
VMNH 3013 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Triassonepa solensis n. gen., n. sp. Criscione and Grimaldi 2017
Criscione and Grimaldi 2017 70 specimens
VMNH 94671, 49641, 50230, 50512, 52498, 53871, 53880, 53881, 54155, 90279, 90281, 94575a, 94672
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Triassothripidae
Triassothrips virginicus n. gen., n. sp. Grimaldi and Fraser 2004
Grimaldi et al. 2004 7 specimens
VMNH 747, 729, 769, 923, 921, 922, 3213 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta grimaldii n. sp. Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 1 specimen
AMNH
Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae
Pseudopolycentropodes virginicus n. gen., n. sp. Grimaldi and Fraser 2005
Grimaldi et al. 2005 1 specimen
VMNH 730 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydroscaphidae
Leehermania prorova n. gen., n. sp. Chatzimanolis et al. 2012
Chatzimanolis et al. 2012 18 specimens
VMNH 734, 1233, 1343, 1446, 1997-174, FN442, 2986, 2805, 3099, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6, C-7, 1278, 1341 (10 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Mormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock 1858
Huber et al. 2003 2 specimens
VMNH 898, 899 (an "abundance" of specimens)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina
Coordinates: 36.5° North, 79.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.8° North, 23.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cow Branch
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Located in the Newark Supergroup
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:lacustrine - small Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Virginia Museum of Natural History
Metadata
Also known as:Solite Corporation
Database number:106479
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano, D. Smith, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Shalap, M. Clapham, J. Karr, M. Carrano, A. Kinchloe
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2011-03-18 11:00:43 Last modified:2022-11-04 10:04:42
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-18 11:00:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35551. V. A. Blagoderov, D. A. Grimaldi, and N. C. Fraser. 2007. How time flies for flies: diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the order. American Museum Novitates 3572:1-39 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

43335 S. Chatzimanolis, D. A. Grimaldi, M. S. Engel and N. C. Fraser. 2012. Leehermania prorova, the earliest staphyliniform beetle, from the Late Triassic of Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates 3761:1-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63704 J. Criscione and D. Grimaldi. 2017. The oldest predaceous water bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Belostomatidae), with implications for paleolimnology of the Triassic Cow Branch Formation. Journal of Paleontology 91:1166-1177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35553 N. C. Fraser, P. E. Olsen, A. C. Dooley and T. R. Ryan. 2007. A New Gliding Tetrapod (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic (Carman) of Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):261-265 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]
41610 D. Grimaldi, A. Shmakov, and N. Fraser. 2004. Mesozoic thrips and early evolution of the order Thysanoptera (Insecta). Journal of Paleontology 78:941-952 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40472 D. Grimaldi, J. F. Zhang, N. C. Fraser and A. Rasnitsyn. 2005. Revision of the bizarre Mesozoic scorpionflies in the Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecopteroidea). Insect Systematics & Evolution 36:443-458 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49693 P. Huber, N. G. McDonald, and P. E. Olsen. 2003. Early Jurassic insects from the Newark Supergroup, northeastern United States. In P. M. LeTourneau, P. E. Olsen (eds.), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Volume 2: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology 206-223 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37414 P. Vršanský. 2003. Phyloblatta grimaldii sp. nov. a new Triassic cockroach (Insecta: Blattaria) from Virginia. Entomological Problems 33(1-2):51-53 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]