Mengjiachang, Shilou County: Ladinian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera
Chengdecupes shiluoense n. sp. Hong 1984
1 specimen
recombined as Notocupes shiluoensis
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Sogdoblatta shanxiensis n. sp. Hong 1984
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shanxi
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 110.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° North, 88.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yanchang
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: First member. Most authors have indicated that the Tongchuan Formation should be abolished as it has no distinctive lithostratigraphic criteria by which it can be separated from the Yanchang Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: Ordos basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources
Metadata
Database number:155156
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-03-29 19:31:41 Last modified:2023-05-27 00:29:12
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-29 19:31:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
50562. Y. C. Hong. 1984. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of North China, II, Mesozoic Volume 128-185 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]