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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"Procarabus longipes n. sp." = Cistelites longipes5
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Calosoma cf. maderae5, ? Carabus ovalus n. sp.2, Scarites mancus n. sp.5, "Shanwangicarabus furvus n. sp." = Chlaenius furvus2, "Shanwangicarabus paucinus n. sp." = Chlaenius furvus2
"Shanwangicarabus furvus n. sp." = Chlaenius furvus2 Hong 1984 ground beetle 80125, 80106, 80126, 480183
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Cupes longus n. sp.4
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Cerambycidae "indet. 1"5, Mesocacia pulla n. sp.5, Sinocalosoma longicornuta n. sp.2, Mesosa soteria n. sp.5, Alifasciola daedalea n. sp.5
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Hylobius aff. niitakensis5, Hylobius medianus n. sp.5, Hylobius plenus5, "Sinocurculia shanwangensis n. sp." = Atactogaster shanwangensis2, "Sinocurculia granulata n. sp." = Atactogaster granulata
"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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? Epicauta rufithoraca n. sp.5
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Sinocistela siphla n. gen. n. sp.5
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"Engonius alviolatus" = Gerstaeckerus alviolatus5
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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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Anomala sp.5, Anomala lochmocola n. sp.5, Anomala synemosyna n. sp.5, "Magniscarabaeus brunneus n. gen. n. sp." = Anomala palaeobrunnea5, "Magniscarabaeus furvus" = Anomala furva2, Holotrichia spatha 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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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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Lathrobium homorum n. sp.5
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Luia lacaris n. gen. n. sp.5
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Elis pyrula n. sp.5
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"Sinostigma spinalata n. sp." = Pemphredon spinalatum
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Apis miocenica n. sp.
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"Brachyopteris shanwangensis n. sp." = Tiphia shanwangensis
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"Pseudoperla shanwangensis n. sp." = Eumenes shanwangensis
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Formica linquensis n. sp.5, "Rabidia xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Oecophylla xiejiaheensis, Camponotus microthoracus n. sp.5, Camponotus curviansatus n. sp.5, Camponotus mitis5, "Camponotus shanwangense" = Camponotus shanwangensis, Camponotus longus n. sp.5, Lasius vetulus5, Lasius validus n. sp.5, ? Lasius truncatus n. sp.5, ? Tapinoma baculum n. sp.5, Liometopum potamophilum n. sp.5, "Liometopum jiaoyanshanense n. sp." = Dolichoderus jiaoyanshanensis5, Shanwangella palaeoptera n. gen. n. sp.5, Paraphaenogaster shanwangensis n. sp., "Heteromyrmex atopogaster n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangidris atopogaster5
Formica linquensis n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79058 (Paraphaenogaster shanwangense in Hong, 1985 - pl 23, fig 4)
Camponotus curviansatus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79042 (Camponotus shanwangensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 27, fig 1)
"Camponotus shanwangense" = Camponotus shanwangensis Hong 1984 ant 79031; 79043, 79076 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985); ten specimens including 80179 in Hong & Wang 1985
Lasius validus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79121 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 4)
Liometopum potamophilum n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79036 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 6)
"Liometopum jiaoyanshanense n. sp." = Dolichoderus jiaoyanshanensis5 Hong 1985 ant 79087; 80196 in Hong & Wang 1985
Shanwangella palaeoptera n. gen. n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 ant 79051 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 2)
"Heteromyrmex atopogaster n. gen. n. sp." = Zhangidris atopogaster5 Zhang 1989 ant 79054 (Liometopum jiaoyanshanense in Hong, 1985 - pl 26, fig 3)
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Abia paurocephala n. sp.5, "Procimbex shanwangensis n. sp." = Abia shanwangensis, "Procimbex shandongense n. sp." = Abia shandongensis1
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"Megaxyela xiejiaheensis n. sp." = Xyelecia xiejiaheensis
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"Oxycephala xiejiaheensis" = Limois shanwangensis5, "Fulgoropsis fusca n. gen. n. sp." = Limois shanwangensis, Aphaena lithoecia n. sp.5
"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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Cloresmus shanwangi n. sp.5, Gonocerus shandongensis n. sp.5, "Coriopsis miocenica n. sp." = Coreiopsis miocenica3, "Coriopsis parva n. sp." = Coreiopsis parva3, Coreiopsis punctata n. gen. n. sp., Shanwangicoris longa n. gen. n. sp.3
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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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"Oncotympana lapidescens n. sp." = Tanyocicada lapidescens5
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Apanechura asecta n. sp.5
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Tipula insolita n. sp.5
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Bibio ruptineurus n. sp.5, Bibio shanwangensis1, Bibio ventricosus n. sp.5, Bibio deformatus n. sp.5, "Fungivora bullata n. sp." = Bibio bullatus5, "Bibio miocenica n. sp." = Bibio miocenicus1, Bibio expansus5, Bibio cratopodus5, Bibio brunneus n. sp.5, Plecia ludongensis n. sp.1, Plecia solaris n. sp.5, Clothonopsis miocenica n. gen. n. sp.4
Bibio ventricosus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 march fly 79033 (Bibio shanwangensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 7, figs 1, 2, 3)
Bibio deformatus n. sp.5 Zhang 1989 march fly 79057 (Bibio shanwangensis in Hong, 1985 - pl 4, fig 1)
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Sciara brevipetiola n. sp.5
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"Eocryphoeca parva" = Tetragnatha parva6
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"Retina robusta" = Heteropoda robusta6
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