Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection): Callovian - Oxfordian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Blasticotomidae
Abrotoma robusta n. gen., n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008014 (2 measurements)
Xyelocerus diaphanus n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008011 (2 measurements)
Paradoxotoma tsaiae n. gen., n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008013 (2 measurements)
Xyelotoma macroclada n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008007 (2 measurements)
Synaptotoma limi n. gen., n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008012 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Abrotoxyela multiciliata n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008005 (2 measurements)
Abrotoxyela lepida n. gen., n. sp. Gao et al. 2009
Gao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008004 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mesoserphidae
Sinoserphus shihae n. sp. Shih et al. 2011
Shih et al. 2011 1 specimen
CNU-HY-NN2008001 (2 measurements)
Sinoserphus wui n. gen., n. sp. Shih et al. 2011
Shih et al. 2011 3 specimens
CNU-HY-NN2008002, 004, 013 (4 measurements)
Sinoserphus lillianae n. sp. Shih et al. 2011
Shih et al. 2011 1 specimen
CNU-HY-NN2008003 (2 measurements)
Yanliaoserphus jurassicus n. gen., n. sp. Shih et al. 2011
Shih et al. 2011 1 specimen
CNU-HY-NN2008014 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Heloridae
Archaeohelorus polyneurus Shi et al. 2014
Shi et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN2008010 (2 measurements)
Archaeohelorus hoi n. gen., n. sp. Shih et al. 2011
Shih et al. 2011 7 specimens
CNU-HY-NN2008005-012 [not 2008010 = Archaeohelorus polyneurus] (4 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae
Itaphlebia elegana n. sp. Cao et al. 2022
Cao et al. 2022 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2008228 (1 measurement)
Itaphlebia amoena n. sp. Cao et al. 2016
Cao et al. 2016 2 specimens
CNU-M-NN2008209, 223 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Grylloblattodea
Plesioblattogryllus minor n. sp. Ren and Aristov 2011
Ren and Aristov 2011 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Susumaniidae
Adjacivena grossa n. sp. Yang et al. 2022
Yang et al. 2022 1 specimen
CNU-PHA-NN-2008007 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Chresmodidae
Jurachresmoda sanyica n. sp. Zhang et al. 2009
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Dermaptera
Atopderma ellipta n. gen., n. sp. Zhao et al. 2010
Zhao et al. 2010 7 specimens
CNU-DER-NN2008007, 015, 005, 018, 019, 020, 021
Insecta - Dermaptera - Dermapteridae
Palaeodermapteron dicranum n. gen., n. sp. Zhao et al. 2011
Zhao et al. 2011 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Dermaptera - Bellodermatidae
Belloderma arcuata n. gen., n. sp. Zhao et al. 2010
Zhao et al. 2010 1 specimen
CNU-Der-NN2008002 (1 measurement)
Belloderma ovata n. sp. Zhao et al. 2010
Zhao et al. 2010 1 specimen
CNU-Der-NN2008003 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Novaboilus multifurcatus Li et al. 2007
Gu et al. 2022 8 specimens
CNU-ORT-NN2008010, 021, 205, 207, 210, 226, 239, 244
Sigmaboilus fuscus n. sp. Gu et al. 2009
Gu et al. 2009 2 specimens
CNU-ORT-NN2008035, 049 (2 measurements)
Sigmaboilus peregrinus n. sp. Gu et al. 2009
Gu et al. 2009 22 specimens
CNU-ORT-NN2008018, 16, 19, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 57, 17, 34, 43, 47, 48, 51, 53-55, 58-61 (1 measurement)
Allaboilus gigantus Ren and Meng 2006
Gu et al. 2010 12 specimens
Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae
Mesoplecia coadnata n. sp. Hao and Ren 2009
Hao and Ren 2009 4 specimens
CNU-DIP-D-NN2008003, 021, 094, 098 (2 measurements)
Mesoplecia anfracta n. sp. Hao and Ren 2009
Hao and Ren 2009 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-D-NN2008131 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) spatiosa n. sp. Liu et al. 2012
Liu et al. 2012 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2008130 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Eoptychopterina antica n. sp. Hao et al. 2009
Hao et al. 2009 4 specimens
CNU-Dip-D-NN2008081-84 (1 measurement)
Crenoptychoptera decorosa n. sp. Hao et al. 2009
Hao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-Dip-D-NN2008016 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae
Jurasciophila lepida n. sp. Li and Ren 2009
Li and Ren 2009 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2008586, 669 (2 measurements)
Jurasciophila curvula n. gen., n. sp. Li and Ren 2009
Li and Ren 2009 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2008556, 729 (2 measurements)
Mesoplecia antiqua n. sp. Hao and Ren 2009
Hao and Ren 2009 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-D-NN2008096 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Axymyiidae
Crenoptychoptera vicina n. sp. Hao et al. 2009
Hao et al. 2009 3 specimens
CNU-Dip-D-NN2008099, 091, 143 (2 measurements)
Crenoptychoptera vulgaris n. sp. Hao et al. 2009
Hao et al. 2009 1 specimen
CNU-Dip-D-NN2008101 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Protobrachyceridae
Protobrachyceron sinensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 2008
Zhang et al. 2008 1 specimen
CNU-DB-NN2008001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae
Brevisolva daohugouensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhang et al. 2010
Zhang et al. 2010 1 specimen
CNU-DIB-NN2008009 (2 measurements)
Mesosolva sinensis n. sp. Zhang et al. 2010
Zhang et al. 2010 1 specimen
CNU-DIB-NN2008005 (2 measurements)
Mesosolva jurassica n. sp. Zhang et al. 2010
Zhang et al. 2010 3 specimens
CNU-DIB-NN2008006, 007, 008 (2 measurements)
Arachnida - Opiliones - Sclerosomatidae
Mesobunus dunlopi n. sp. Giribet et al. 2012
Giribet et al. 2012 1 specimen
CNU-OPI-NN2008001
see common names

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
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Stage: Callovian - Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Callovian - Oxfordian
Age range of interval: 165.3 - 154.8 m.y. ago
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:113362
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-07-28 15:35:52 Last modified:2023-05-27 10:47:21
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-28 15:35:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34920. X. W. Zhang, D. Ren, H. Pang and C.K. Shih. 2009. Late Mesozoic chresmodids with forewing from Inner Mongolia, China (Polyneoptera: Archaeorthoptera). Acta Geologica Sinica 84:38-46 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

82021 Y. Z. Cao, X. D. Lin, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2022. Two new species of Itaphlebia (Insecta, Mecoptera, Nannochoristidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 1008:175-188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57676 Y. Z. Cao, C. K. Shih, A. Bashkuev and D. Ren. 2016. Revision and two new species of Itaphlebia (Nannochoristidae: Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Alcheringa 40:24-33 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52333 T. P. Gao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2009. Abrotoxyela gen. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2094:52-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40575 T. P. Gao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2009. The first Xyelotomidae (Hymenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic in China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102:588-596 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50305 G. Giribet, A. L. Tourinho, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2012. An exquisitely preserved harvestman (Arthopoda, Arachnida, Opiliones) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 12:51-56 [M. Clapham/A. Benabbas/M. Clapham]
36831 J. J. Gu, G. X. Qiao, and D. Ren. 2010. Revision and new taxa of fossil Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Journal of Orthoptera Research 19(1):41-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81881 J. J. Gu, Z. Q. Xu, R. Huang, H. J. Wang, Y. L. Yue and D. Ren. 2022. Systematic significance of wing morphology in extinct Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Ensifera) revealed by geometric morphometrics and description of two new species. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19:1587-1599 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40095 J. J. Gu, Y. Y. Zhao, and D. Ren. 2009. New fossil Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera, Hagloidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2004:16-24 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55962 J. Y. Hao, K. Q. Dong, and D. Ren. 2009. Middle Jurassic Eoptychopteridae from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta, Diptera, Eoptychopteridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34:106-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40096 J. Y. Hao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2009. New fossils of Eoptychopteridae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83:222-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52317 J. Y. Hao and D. Ren. 2009. Middle Jurassic Protopleciidae from Daohougou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta, Diptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34:554-559 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37381 W. Krzemiński and D. Ren. 2001. Praemacrochile chinensis sp. n. from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Tanyderidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 70:127-129 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
53911 T. T. Li and D. Ren. 2009. A new fossil genus of Mesosciophilidae (Diptera, Nematocera) with two new species from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Progress in Natural Science 19:1837-1841 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44269 L. X. Liu, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2012. Two new species of Ptychopteridae and Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera). Zootaxa 3501:55-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36426 D. Ren and D. S. Aristov. 2011. A new species of Plesioblattogryllus Huang, Nel et Petrulevicius (Grylloblattida: Plesioblattogryllidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Paleontological Journal 45(3):273-274 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49819 X. Q. Shi, Y. Y. Zhao, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2014. Two new species of Archaeohelorus (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Heloridae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 369:49-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41035 C. K. Shih, H. Feng, and D. Ren. 2011. New fossil Heloridae and Mesoserphidae wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104:1334-1348 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
85001 H. R. Yang, M. S. Engel, W. W. Zhang, D. Ren, and T. P. Gao. 2022. Mesozoic insect fossils reveal the early evolution of twig mimicry. Science Bulletin 67:1641-1643 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48651 K. Y. Zhang, D. Yang, and D. Ren. 2008. The first Middle Jurassic Protobrachyceron Handlirsch fly (Diptera: Brachycera: Protobrachyceridae) from Inner Mongolia (China). Zootaxa 1879:61-64 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44357 K. Y. Zhang, D. Yang, D. Ren and C. K. Shih. 2010. New archisargids from China (Insecta: Diptera). Entomological News 13:75-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40427 J. X. Zhao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2010. Enigmatic earwig-like fossils from Inner Mongolia, China. Insect Science 17:459-464 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35171 J. X. Zhao, C. K. Shih, D. Ren and Y. Y. Zhao. 2011. New primitive fossil earwig from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta: Dermaptera: Archidermaptera). Acta Geologica Sinica 85:75-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48896 J. X. Zhao, Y. Y. Zhao, C. K. Shih, D. Ren, and Y. J. Wang. 2010. Transitional fossil earwings - a missing link in Dermaptera evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(344):1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]