84GT1, west Tuanwang Village, Laiyang City (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Shandong, China (36.8° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 122.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Laiyang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, black, green shale

• Large (several hundred km2) lake in the Laiyang basin. In addition to the abundant entomofauna, plant fossil fragments, fish and a single bird feather also have been found. Water plants were apparently rare, and at the centre of the lake I have found no plant or animal fossils.
• The Third Member of the Laiyang Formation consists of 250-705 m of calcareous sandstone, siltstone and fine-granted sandstone intercalated with thin, paper-like, insect-rich shales.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Shandong Geological Bureau in 1983-1986

• Repository: Beijing Natural History Museum

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong and W. L. Wang. 1988. Sinolestinae, an early Cretaceous new subfamily of Platypezidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province. Geoscience 2(3):386-392 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154887: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2014, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Ironomyiidae
"Sinolesta lata n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeopetia lata
"Sinolesta lata n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeopetia lata Hong and Wang 1988 ironic fly
84SHL301
 Diptera -
Mesobrachyopteryx shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL249-1
Stratiomyopsis robusta n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL209
 Diptera - Xylophagidae
Sinonemestrius tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL248-1
 Diptera -
Mesostratiomyia laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL112
 Diptera - Pleciofungivoridae
Parapleciofungivora triangulata n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL124
 Diptera - Anisopodidae
Gansuplecia triporata n. gen. n. sp.1
Gansuplecia triporata n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong 1990 wood gnat
84SHL267, 219, 211, 222, 271
 Diptera - Antefungivoridae
Mimallactoneura tuanwangensis n. sp.1, Lycoriomimodes ovatus n. sp.1, "Pleciomimella longiradiata n. sp." = Lycoriomimodes longiradiata1, "Pleciomimella parva n. sp." = Lycoriomimodes parva1
Mimallactoneura tuanwangensis n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL219-1, 51, 53
Lycoriomimodes ovatus n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL275
"Pleciomimella longiradiata n. sp." = Lycoriomimodes longiradiata1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL308
"Pleciomimella parva n. sp." = Lycoriomimodes parva1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL334
 Diptera - Pediciidae
Gracilitipula asiatica n. gen. n. sp.1
Gracilitipula asiatica n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 hairy-eyed cranefly
84SHL292
 Diptera - Trichoceridae
Mesotrichocera laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 winter crane fly
84SHL259
 Diptera - Blephariceridae
Sinotendipes tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 net-winged midge
84SHL250-1
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Tendipopsis colorata n. gen. n. sp.1
Tendipopsis colorata n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 non biting midge
84SHL261
 Diptera - Serendipidae
"Paratendipes laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp." = Serendipa laiyangensis1, "Paratendipes tuanwangensis n. sp." = Serendipa tuanwangensis1
"Paratendipes laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp." = Serendipa laiyangensis1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL323-1
"Paratendipes tuanwangensis n. sp." = Serendipa tuanwangensis1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL305
 Diptera - Asiochaoboridae
Chaoboropsis longipedalis n. gen. n. sp.1, Asiochaoborus tenuous n. gen. n. sp.1, Sunochaoborus laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Chaoboropsis longipedalis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL224, 307
Asiochaoborus tenuous n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL296
Sunochaoborus laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL258, 302
 Diptera - Protopleciidae
Pseudoplecia ovata n. gen. n. sp.1, Sunoplecia curvata n. gen. n. sp.1
Pseudoplecia ovata n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL321
Sunoplecia curvata n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fly
84SHL262
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Mesorhagiophryne robusta n. gen. n. sp.1
Mesorhagiophryne robusta n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 insect
84SHL272
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Petiolaphis laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL129, 149
Petiolaphioides shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL118
 Hemiptera -
Sunaphis shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL212, 230
Sunaphis laiyangensis n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL128
 Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae
"Oviparasiphum latum n. sp." = Archeoviparosiphum latum1, Expansaphis ovata n. gen. n. sp.1
"Oviparasiphum latum n. sp." = Archeoviparosiphum latum1 Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL366
Expansaphis ovata n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 aphid
84SHL122, 230
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis1 Ping 1928 shore bug
84SHL124, 168
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Sigarella tenuis n. sp.1, Corixopsis tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Sigarella tenuis n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 water boatman
84SHL0002
Corixopsis tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 water boatman
84SHL209
 Hemiptera -
Cicadoides shandongensis n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 true bug
84SHL133
Cicadoides orientalis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 true bug
84SHL253
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Mesolocustopsis sinica1 Hong and Wang 1990 grasshopper
84SHL134
 Hymenoptera - Baissidae
Aulacopsis laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Aulacopsis laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 wasp
84SHL273
 Coleoptera -
Fuscicupes parvus n. gen. n. sp.1, "Picticupes tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp." = Notocupes tuanwangensis1
Fuscicupes parvus n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 beetle
84SHL94-1
"Picticupes tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp." = Notocupes tuanwangensis1 Hong and Wang 1990 beetle
84SHL69-1
 Coleoptera - Anthribidae
Protoscelis tuanwangensis n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 fungus weevil
84SHL70
 Coleoptera -
Jingxidiscus lushangfenensis1 Hong 1981 beetle
84SHL72
 Coleoptera - Cerophytidae
"Leptocnemus longus n. gen. n. sp." = Necromera longa1
"Leptocnemus longus n. gen. n. sp." = Necromera longa1 Hong and Wang 1990 beetle
84SHL41
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Macronotus tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Macronotus tuanwangensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 jewel beetle
84SHL86
 Coleoptera - Pleocomidae
Proteroscarabaeus yeni1 Grabau 1923 rain beetle
 Coleoptera - Geotrupidae
"Geotrupoides nodusus n. sp." = Cretogeotrupes nodusus1
"Geotrupoides nodusus n. sp." = Cretogeotrupes nodusus1 Hong and Wang 1990 earth-boring dung beetle
84SHL56
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
"Proteroscarabaeus baissensis" = Lithoscarabaeus baissensis1
"Proteroscarabaeus baissensis" = Lithoscarabaeus baissensis1 Nikritin 1977 scarab beetle
84SHL79, 88
 Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Coptoclava longipoda1 Ping 1928 beetle
84SHL79-1
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Atrirabus shandongensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 ground beetle
84SHL100
? Atrirabus tuanwangensis n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 ground beetle
84SHL34
Magnirabus furvus n. gen. n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 ground beetle
84SHL35
? Cretarabus medius n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 ground beetle
84SHL83
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Drakochrysa sinica n. gen. n. sp.2
Drakochrysa sinica n. gen. n. sp.2 Yang and Hong 1990 green lacewing
84SHL111
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Mesorhagiophryne incerta n. sp.1 Hong and Wang 1990 insect
84SHL110