Belmont (BMNH collection): Changhsingian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Permopsocida - Psocidiidae
Hypopsylla belmontensis n. gen., n. sp. Prokop et al. 2016
Prokop et al. 2016 1 specimen
BMNH In. 45397/46044
Insecta - Hemiptera - Pincombeidae
Pincombea sp. Tillyard 1922
Shcherbakov 2007 2 specimens
BMNH In 45314, 45221
Insecta - Hemiptera - Simulaphididae
Simulaphis shaposhnikovi n. gen., n. sp. Shcherbakov 2007
Shcherbakov 2007 1 specimen
BMNH In 45240/45309 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Permopsyllidiidae
Permopsyllidium quadrimediatum n. sp. Becker-Migdisova 1985
Becker-Migdisova 1985 1 specimen
BMNH In. 45329
Insecta - Hemiptera - Protopsyllidiidae
Protopsyllidium sinuatum Davis 1942
Becker-Migdisova 1985 3 specimens
BMNH In. 45341, 45330, 45338
Protopsyllidium australe Tillyard 1926
Becker-Migdisova 1985 1 specimen
BMNH In. 45333
Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae
Jarmilacladus variabilis n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004
Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 3 specimens
NHM In 45929, 45520, 45627 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protocoleidae
Phyllelytron granulatum n. sp. Kukalová 1966
3 specimens
BMNH In 38113, 45513, 45519 (1 measurement)
Phyllelytron petalon n. sp. Kukalová 1966
3 specimens
BMNH In 45703, 45528, 45734 (1 measurement)
Phyllelytron melinum n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45510 (1 measurement)
Phyllelytron folium n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
3 specimens
BMNH In 45364, 45529, 45504 (1 measurement)
Austrelytron tillyardi n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45525 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protelytroptera - Labidelytridae
Xenelytron ligula n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45526, ?38113 (also listed P. granulatum) (1 measurement)
Stenelytron enervatum n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
9 specimens
recombined as Labidelytron enervatum
BMNH In 45958/45515, 45523, 45508, 45930, 45704, 45520, 45505, 45516, 45512 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protelytroptera - Permophilidae
Elytrathrix hirsuta n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45503 (1 measurement)
Permophilus capulus n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45518 (1 measurement)
Permophilus hirtus n. sp. Kukalová 1966
2 specimens
BMNH In 46014, 45805 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protelytroptera - Dermelytridae
Chanoselytron gingiva n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45493 (1 measurement)
Psychelytron progressivum n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45900 (1 measurement)
Dermelytron conservativum n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1966
5 specimens
BMNH In 45725, 45514, 45768, 45522, 32758 (1 measurement)
Dermelytron pigmentatum n. sp. Kukalová 1966
1 specimen
BMNH In 45474 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae
Permomerope australis Tillyard 1926
Sukatsheva et al. 2007 3 specimens
2 wings and 1 complete body (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Prochoristella sp. Riek 1953
Khramov et al. 2020 1 specimen
BMNHP 45417
Insecta - Mecoptera - Permotanyderidae
Permotanyderus ableptus Riek 1953
Riek 1977 1 specimen
BMNH In.45378 (1 measurement)
Choristotanyderus nanus Riek 1953
Riek 1977 1 specimen
recombined as Permotanyderus nanus
BMNHP 45444
Insecta - Eoblattida - Mesorthopteridae
Belmophenopterum pectinatum n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004
Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 1 specimen
NHM In 45837 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:New South Wales
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 151.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:66.5° South, 144.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Changhsingian
Age range of interval:254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Newcastle Coal Measures Formation:Croudace Bay Member:Belmont Conglomerate
Stratigraphy comments: From horizon 70 feet below base of Fassifern Coal, according to Knight (1950). Fassifern coal dated at 253.38 +/- 0.08 Ma and the underlying Upper Pilot A seam at 253.55 +/- 0.06 Ma by Metcalf et al. (2015).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,tuffaceous,gray lithified chert
Lithology description: hard, fine-grained tuffaceous chert
Environment:pond Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Switch to contractional deformation in Hunter-Bowen orogeny occurred c. 265 Ma; Sydney basin transitioned into foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:107958
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-04-19 06:45:27 Last modified:2016-08-13 00:09:04
Access level:the public Released:2011-04-19 06:45:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39032. J. Kukalová. 1966. Protelytroptera from the Upper Permian of Australia, with a discussion of the Protocoleoptera and Paracoleoptera. Psyche 73:89-111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

87310 A. S. Bashkuev. 2022. Diverse new taxa of the enigmatic family Permotanyderidae (Insecta: Mecoptera), with notes on the phylogeny of Aneuretopsychina (long-proboscid scorpionflies). Zootaxa 5222:545-577 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41079 E. E. Becker-Migdisova. 1985. Iskopaemye Nasekomye Psillomorfy. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 206:1-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
75472 A. V. Khramov, A. S. Bashkuev, and E. D. Lukashevich. 2020. The fossil record of long-proboscid nectarivorous insects. Entomological Review 100:881-968 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60093 J. Prokop, R. Garrouste, and A. Nel. 2016. A new permopsocidan genus and species from the Late Permian of Australia (Insecta: Acercaria: Psocidiidae). Zootaxa 4147:589-592 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37714 A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. S. Aristov. 2004. Two new Insects from the Upper Permian (Tatarian) of Belmont, New South Wales, Australia (Insecta: Hypoperlida: Anthracoptilidae=Permarrhaphidae; Grylloblattida: Sylvaphlebiidae). Paleontological Journal 38(Suppl 2):S158-S163 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
87311 E. F. Riek. 1977. Four-winged Diptera from the Upper Permian of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 101:250-255 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39813 D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. Extinct four-winged precoccids and the ancestry of scale insects and aphids (Hemiptera). Russian Entomological Journal 16:47-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35872 I. Sukatsheva, R. Beattie, and M. B. Mostovski. 2007. Permomerope natalensis sp. n. from the Lopingian of South Africa, and a redescription of the type species of Permomerope (Trichoptera: Protomeropidae). African Invertebrates 48(2):245-251 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]