List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Mecoptera
- Eomeropidae
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Tsuchingothauma shihi n. gen., n. sp.
Ren and Shih 2005
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Ren and Shih 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Campterophlebiidae
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Sinokaratawia gloriosa n. sp.
Zhang et al. 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Sinokaratawia daohugouica n. sp.
Zhang et al. 2010
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Sinokaratawia magica n. sp.
Zhang et al. 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 119.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 122.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Daohugou | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous lithified "shale" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "tuffaceous shale"; "freshwater shales interbedded with tuffs" | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Basins characterized by flexure and early rifting (Li et al., 2004). | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Capital Normal University, Beijing, China. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 113361 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-07-28 15:33:51 | Last modified: | 2023-05-27 10:46:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-28 15:33:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35107. | B. L. Zhang, D. Ren, and H. Pang. 2010. New Isophlebioid Dragonflies from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta: Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae). Acta Geologica Sinica 82:1104-1114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 39136 | D. Ren and C. K. Shih. 2005. The first discovery of fossil eomeropids from China (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30(2):275-280 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |