Gancaoshan, Xiangning County (Permian of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (36.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 82.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shanxi Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• 1.7 m-thick interval near base of Shanxi Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black shale

• Ordos basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1980. New late Paleozoic insects from Shanxi. Geological Review 26:89-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140455: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Oedischiidae
Sinoedischia carbonica n. gen. n. sp., Sinoedischia granulata n. sp.
Sinoedischia carbonica n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1985 grasshopper
ShaX173
Sinoedischia granulata n. sp. Hong 1985 grasshopper
ShaX135
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Sardyoblatta lata n. sp., Sardyoblatta xiashanensis n. sp., Tomacblatta reticulata n. sp.
Sardyoblatta lata n. sp. Hong 1985 cockroach
ShaX167, 171
Sardyoblatta xiashanensis n. sp. Hong 1985 cockroach
ShaX1005
Tomacblatta reticulata n. sp. Hong 1985 cockroach
ShaX152
 Blattodea - Paucineuridae
Paucineura hsui n. gen. n. sp.
Paucineura hsui n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi006
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Shanxiblatta striata n. sp., Shanxiblatta suni n. gen. n. sp.
Shanxiblatta striata n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi004
Shanxiblatta suni n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi001
 Blattodea - Necymylacridae
Metaxyblatta gancaoshanensis n. sp.
Metaxyblatta gancaoshanensis n. sp. Hong 1980 cockroach
ShaXi007
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Xenoblatta longa n. sp., Phyloblatta (Carbonoblatta) sinica n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) variata n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) xiangningensis n. sp., Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) lobata n. sp.
Xenoblatta longa n. sp. Hong 1985 winged insect
ShaX155
Phyloblatta (Carbonoblatta) sinica n. sp. Hong 1980 winged insect
ShaXi003
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) variata n. sp. Hong 1985 winged insect
ShaX158
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) xiangningensis n. sp. Hong 1980 winged insect
ShaXi002
Phyloblatta (Phyloblatta) lobata n. sp. Hong 1985 winged insect
ShaX160