Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection): Callovian - Oxfordian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Araneae
Selden et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-SPI-NN2013002
Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae
Dong et al. 2014 14 specimens
Insecta - Plecoptera - Pteronarcyidae
Cui et al. 2016 17 specimens
CNU-PLE-NN-2013001-008, 011, 019-021, 024, 026, 027, 032, 036 (12 measurements)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eolepidopterigidae
Zhang et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-LEP-NN-2013-001 (2 measurements)
Zhang et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-LEP-NN2013-004 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Liu et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-TRI-NN2013001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Panorpidae
Ding et al. 2014 2 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2013007,011 (1 measurement)
Ding et al. 2014 2 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2013006, 012 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2018 1 specimen
CNU-MEC 13621
Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Liu et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN20130013 (1 measurement)
Liu et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN20130010 (2 measurements)
Liu et al. 2014 2 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2013009, 014 (1 measurement)
Liu et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2013008 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Dong et al. 2015 5 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013501, 502, 503, 504, 505
Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae
Lin et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2013101 (1 measurement)
Lin et al. 2014 4 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013048, 050, 052, 098 (2 measurements)
Lin et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2013201 (2 measurements)
Lin et al. 2015 3 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013211, 206, 212 (3 measurements)
Lin et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2013213
Lin et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013202, 209 (3 measurements)
Lin et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013207, 214 (4 measurements)
Lin et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013215, 208 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae
Gao et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2013631 (2 measurements)
Gao et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-DIP-NN2013145 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Dong et al. 2014 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013133, 131 (3 measurements)
Dong et al. 2014 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2013134, 132 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Kalligrammatidae
Yang et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-NEU-NN2013005 (1 measurement)
Yang et al. 2014 1 specimen
CNU-NEU-NN2013006 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Yang et al. 2019 1 specimen
CNU-NEU-NN2013010 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Juroraphidiidae
1 specimen
CNU-RAP-NN2013001 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 119.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.3° North, 129.8° East (Wright 2013)
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:155751
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-04-29 10:09:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-04-29 10:09:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
50934. X. Y. Liu, D. Ren, and D. Yang. 2014. New transitional fossil snakeflies from China illuminate the early evolution of Raphidioptera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(84):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

60651 Y. Y. Cui, O. Béthoux, B. Kondratieff, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2016. The first fossil salmonfly (Insecta: Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae), back to the Middle Jurassic. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(217):1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52156 H. Ding, C. K. Shih, A. Bashkuev, Y. Y. Zhao, and D. Ren. 2014. The earliest fossil record of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 431:79-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51427 F. Dong, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. Two new species of Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. ZooKeys 411:145-160 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56647 F. Dong, C. K. Shih, K. Skibińska, W. Krzemiński, and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from the Jiulongshan Formation of China. Alcheringa 39:494-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52743 Q. P. Dong, Y. Z. Yao, and D. Ren. 2014. New fossil Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicoidea) from the Upper Mesozoic of northeastern China, with a phylogeny of Coleorrhyncha. Systematic Entomology 39:773-782 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55724 J. Q. Gao, G. F. Shi, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2015. Two new species of Paramesosciophilodes (Diptera, Nematocera, Mesosciophilidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 511:117-129 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52316 X. Q. Lin, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. Two new species of Mesoplecia (Insecta: Diptera: Protopleciidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 3838:545-556 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54797 X. Q. Lin, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2015. Revision of the genus Epimesoplecia Zhang, 2007 (Diptera, Nematocera, Protopleciidae) with five new species. ZooKeys 492:123-143 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53877 S. L. Liu, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. Four new species of hangingflies (Insecta, Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. ZooKeys 466:77-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53847 Y. J. Liu, W. T. Zhang, Y. Z. Yao and D. Ren. 2014. A new fossil of Necrotauliidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Jiulongshan Formation of China and its taxonomic significance. PLoS One 9(12):e114968 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57447 P. A. Selden, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2015. Mesozoic cribellate spiders (Araneae: Deinopoidea) from China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:49-74 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65057 A. Soszyńska-Maj, W. Krzemiński, K. Kopeć, Y. Z. Cao, and D. Ren. 2018. Large Jurassic scorpionflies belonging to a new subfamily of the family Orthophlebiidae (Mecoptera). Annales Zoologici 68:85-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52503 Q. Yang, V. N. Makarkin, and D. Ren. 2014. Two new species of Kalligramma Walther (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107:917-925 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70631 Q. Yang, C. F. Shi, H. Pang and D. Ren. 2019. A new genus of giant lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 4613:375-378 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
58189 W. T. Zhang, C. K. Shih, C. C. Labandeira and D. Ren. 2016. A new taxon of a primitive moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Eolepidopterigidae) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Journal of Paleontology 89:617-621 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]