Where: Shandong, China (36.6° N, 118.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 116.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Shanwang Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Paleomagnetic and radiometric evidence correlates the Shanwang Formation to subchron 5En of Chron 5. The main part of the Shanwang Formation covers 18.524 Ma to 18.056 Ma, with the Shanwang Formation as a whole covering 18.5 ma to 17.5 Ma. Recent paleontological results show that the Shanwang Formation can be correlated with the European mammalian zone MN instead of the previous MN5.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Beijing Museum of Natural History. This collection contains specimens labeled with five-digit numbers starting with 79... or 80...
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8:1-15 [D. Smith/E. Leckey/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128550: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2012, edited by Erin Leckey
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Jagoria sinica n. sp.5
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Apanechura asecta n. sp.5
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"Oncotympana lapidescens n. sp." = Tanyocicada lapidescens5
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Tarsonecta mecopoda n. gen. n. sp.5
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Manocerus stagnans n. gen. n. sp.5
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Coroides xiejiaheense n. gen. n. sp.
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Shanwangicoris longa n. gen. n. sp.3, Gonocerus shandongensis n. sp.5, Cloresmus shanwangi n. sp.5, "Coriopsis miocenica n. sp." = Coreiopsis miocenica3, Coreiopsis punctata n. gen. n. sp., "Coriopsis parva n. sp." = Coreiopsis parva3
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Aphaena lithoecia n. sp.5, "Oxycephala xiejiaheensis" = Limois shanwangensis5, "Fulgoropsis fusca n. gen. n. sp." = Limois shanwangensis
"Oxycephala xiejiaheensis" = Limois shanwangensis5 Hong 1979 fulgorid planthopper 79026, 79079, 79080
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"Cinara reconditivenia n. sp." = Cinara (Cinara) reconditivenia5
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"Procimbex shanwangensis n. sp." = Abia shanwangensis, Abia paurocephala n. sp.5, "Procimbex shandongense n. sp." = Abia shandongensis1
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"Brachyopteris shanwangensis n. sp." = Tiphia shanwangensis
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"Pseudoperla shanwangensis n. sp." = Eumenes shanwangensis
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Paraphaenogaster shanwangensis n. sp., "Heteromyrmex atopogaster n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangidris atopogaster5, "Liometopum jiaoyanshanense n. sp." = Dolichoderus jiaoyanshanensis5, "Shanwangella palaeoptera n. gen. n. sp." = Liometopum palaeopterum5, Liometopum potamophilum n. sp.5, ? Tapinoma baculum n. sp.5, "Camponotus longus n. sp." = Camponotites longus5, "Camponotus microthoracus n. sp." = Camponotites microthoracus5, "Camponotus shanwangense" = Camponotites shanwangensis, "Camponotus curviansatus n. sp." = Camponotites curviansatus5, "Rabidia xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Camponotites xiejiaheensis, Lasius vetulus5, Lasius validus n. sp.5, ? Lasius truncatus n. sp.5, Camponotus mitis5, Formica linquensis n. sp.5
"Heteromyrmex atopogaster n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangidris atopogaster5 Zhang 1989 ant 79054 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 3)
"Liometopum jiaoyanshanense n. sp." = Dolichoderus jiaoyanshanensis5 Hong 1985 ant 79087; 80196 in Hong & Wang 1985
"Shanwangella palaeoptera n. gen. n. sp." = Liometopum palaeopterum5 Zhang 1989 ant 79051 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 2)
Liometopum potamophilum n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79036 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 6)
"Camponotus shanwangense" = Camponotites shanwangensis Hong 1984 ant 79031; 79043, 79076 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985); ten specimens including 80179 in Hong & Wang 1985
"Camponotus curviansatus n. sp." = Camponotites curviansatus5 Zhang 1989 ant 79042 (Camponotus shanwangensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 27, fig 1)
Lasius validus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79121 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 4)
Formica linquensis n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79058 (Paraphaenogaster shanwangense in Hong, 1985 - pl 23, fig 4)
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"Sinostigma spinalata n. sp." = Pemphredon spinalatum
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Apis miocenica n. sp.
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Elis pyrula n. sp.5
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Luia lacaris n. gen. n. sp.5
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"Megaxyela xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Xyelecia xiejiaheensis
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Cupes longus n. sp.4
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Cerambycidae "indet. 1"5, Mesocacia pulla n. sp.5, Mesosa soteria n. sp.5, Sinocalosoma longicornuta n. sp.2, Alifasciola daedalea n. sp.5
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Hylobius medianus n. sp.5, Hylobius aff. niitakensis5, Hylobius plenus5, "Sinocurculia granulata n. sp." = Atactogaster granulata, "Sinocurculia shanwangensis n. sp." = Atactogaster shanwangensis2
"Sinocurculia shanwangensis n. sp." = Atactogaster shanwangensis2 Hong 1985 snout beetle 80128, 78001, 80107, 80134, 80173, 80174
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Longifistulia parva n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Engonius alviolatus" = Gerstaeckerus alviolatus5
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? Epicauta rufithoraca n. sp.5
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Sinocistela siphla n. gen. n. sp.5
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Lathrobium homorum n. sp.5
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Scarabaeoidea "indet. 1"5 Latreille 1802 scarab beetle 79045 (Magniscarabaeus furvus in Hong & Wang - pl 17, fig 2)
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Holotrichia spatha n. sp.5, Anomala sp.5, Anomala synemosyna n. sp.5, "Magniscarabaeus brunneus n. gen. n. sp." = Anomala palaeobrunnea5, "Magniscarabaeus furvus" = Anomala furva2, Anomala lochmocola n. sp.5
"Magniscarabaeus brunneus n. gen. n. sp." = Anomala palaeobrunnea5 Krell 2000 scarab beetle 79105; seven including 80101, 80120, 80172, 80188, 80184, 80194, mentioned in Hong & Wang 1987
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Aliscarabaeus granulatus n. sp.
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Geotrupidae indet.5 Latreille 1802 earth-boring dung beetle 79107 (Magniscarabaeus brunneus in Hong, 1985 - pl 20, fig 3)
"Obitiscarabaeus jiaoyanshanense n. gen. n. sp." = Geotrupes jiaoyanshanense Hong 1984 earth-boring dung beetle 79114/5
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"Shanwangicarabus furvus n. sp." = Chlaenius furvus2, "Shanwangicarabus paucinus n. sp." = Chlaenius furvus2, Scarites mancus n. sp.5, ? Carabus ovalus n. sp.2, Calosoma cf. maderae5
"Shanwangicarabus furvus n. sp." = Chlaenius furvus2 Hong 1984 ground beetle 80125, 80106, 80126, 480183
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"Procarabus longipes n. sp." = Cistelites longipes5
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Sciara brevipetiola n. sp.5
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Plecia solaris n. sp.5, Plecia ludongensis n. sp.1, Clothonopsis miocenica n. gen. n. sp.4, Bibio cratopodus5, Bibio deformatus n. sp.5, Bibio brunneus n. sp.5, "Bibio miocenica n. sp." = Bibio miocenicus1, Bibio expansus5, Bibio ruptineurus n. sp.5, Bibio shanwangensis1, "Fungivora bullata n. sp." = Bibio bullatus5, Bibio ventricosus n. sp.5
Bibio deformatus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 march fly 79057 (Bibio shanwangensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 4, fig 1)
Bibio ventricosus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 march fly 79033 (Bibio shanwangensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 7, figs 1, 2, 3)
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Tipula insolita n. sp.5
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"Retina robusta" = Heteropoda robusta6
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"Eocryphoeca parva" = Tetragnatha parva6
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