Mooi River Locality: Changhsingian, South Africa
collected by D. E. van Dijk

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Eoblattida - Megakhosaridae
Liomopterina clara n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
1 specimen
NM 854 (1 measurement)
Miolopterina tenuipennis n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 909 ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Megasecoptera - Scytohymenidae
Karoohymen minutus n. sp. van Dijk and Geertsema 1999
van Dijk and Geertsema 1999 2 specimens
NM 885 ab, 877 ab (1 measurement)
Karoohymen delicatulus n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
N-MN 9ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Permosialidae
Permonka bifida n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
2 specimens
NM 843, 866 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera
Homoptera informal large nymph
Riek 1976 1 specimen
N-MN 56ab (1 measurement)
Aleuronympha bibulla n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1974
Riek 1974 2 specimens
NM 875ab; 876ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Ignotalidae
Ignotala mirifica n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
6 specimens
N-MN3ab 13ab, 45ab; NM 868, 869, 870 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Pereboriidae
Megoniella multinerva n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
2 specimens
NM 849, 871, 872 (2 measurements)
Perissovena heidiae n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
synonym of Megoniella multinerva
N-MN 50ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Prosbolidae
Neurobole ramosa n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
N-MN 32 (1 measurement)
Orthoscytina dubitata n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 873ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Dunstaniidae
Austroprosboloides vandijki n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
3 specimens
NM 844, 929 ; N-MN 4 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Protopsyllidiidae
Protopsyllidium lynae n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 874ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protelytroptera - Permophilidae
? Permophilidae indet. Tillyard 1924
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 927ab
Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protocoleidae
Phyllelytron acuminatum n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 3 specimens
N-MN 52, 71, NM 867
Insecta - Uninervidae
Redactineura acuminata n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
1 specimen
NM 849 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Paoliida - Paoliidae
Paolekia perditae n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 940 ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae
Mioloptera stuckenbergi n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
7 specimens
NM 850, 847, 846, 904, 905, 907, 2576 (specimen #s from Aristov and Mostovski, 2013) (1 measurement)
Mioloptoides andrei n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 852ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Grylloblattodea
Liomoptoides similis n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
1 specimen
NM 841ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettavidae
Protettavus exilis n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 924 ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Eolocustopsis primitiva n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 855 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Plecoptera - Euxenoperlidae
Euxenoperlella jacquesi n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 922 (1 measurement)
Euxenoperla sp. Riek 1973
Riek 1976 18 specimens
NM 915, 914, 857, 858, 916-921, 912, 913, 865; N-MN 21, 20, 48, 73, 26
Euxenoperla oliveri Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 861
Euxenoperla similis Riek 1973
Riek 1976 3 specimens
NM 859, 860, 898
Euxenoperla simplex n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1973
14 specimens
NM 845, 840, 848, 862, 863, 864, N-MN 1, 69, 60, 22, 49, 29, 54, 58 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Permithonidae
Sismerobius pusillus n. gen., n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 938 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Archeosmylidae
Archeosmylidae indet. Riek 1953
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 937ab; distorted apex of wing
Insecta - Trichoptera - Cladochoristidae
Cladochoristidae indet. Riek 1953
van Dijk and Geertsema 1999 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Permochoristidae
Mesochorista aff. australica (Tillyard 1918)
Riek 1976 2 specimens
NM 930ab, 878ab (1 measurement)
Agetochoristella similis n. sp. Riek 1973
1 specimen
recombined as Agetopanorpa similis
N-MN 2 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Prochoristella sp. Riek 1953
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 932ab
Mesochorista channingi n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 2 specimens
recombined as Prochoristella channingi
NM 877ab, 901ab (1 measurement)
Prochoristella hartmani n. sp. Riek 1976
Riek 1976 2 specimens
NM 900ab, 879ab (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae
? Nannochoristidae indet. Tillyard 1917
Riek 1976 1 specimen
NM 934ab (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Natal
Coordinates: 29.2° South, 30.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:66.7° South, 14.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Changhsingian Other zone: Daptocephalus
Age range of interval:254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Beaufort
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "middle Beaufort"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:delta plain Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: "The layers containing the insect fossils and associated plant fossils are interpreted as having been produced by over-bank spill, while the overlying upward-coarsening sediments represent overriding distributaries which bury the bay deposits." Van Dijk & Geertsema, 1999
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:D. E. van Dijk
Collection method comments: Specimens in the Natal Museum
Metadata
Database number:124428
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-15 05:24:10 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-15 05:24:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
40250. E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

48490 D. S. Aristov and M. B. Mostovski. 2013. Grylloblattids (Insecta, Grylloblattida) from the Upper Permian of South Africa. Paleontological Journal 47:495-502 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40381 E. F. Riek. 1974. An unusual immature insect from the Upper Permian of Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(1):271-274 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
40382 E. F. Riek. 1976. New Upper Permian insects from Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(3):755-789 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
40248 D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema. 1999. Permian insects from the Beaufort Group of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 40:137-171 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]