Daohugou (CNU 2015 collection): Callovian - Oxfordian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Cretolimonia excelsa n. sp. Gao et al. 2015
Gao et al. 2015 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2015001, 2 (4 measurements)
Mesotipula gloriosa n. sp. Gao et al. 2015
Gao et al. 2015 1 specimen
recombined as Mesotipula (Irenatipula) gloriosa
CNU-DIP-NN2015003 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Elliprhagio macrosiphonius n. gen., n. sp. Han et al. 2019
Han et al. 2019 4 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2015-101, 103, 105, 106 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Hirtaprosbole erromera Liu et al. 2016
Liu et al. 2016 2 specimens
CNU-HEM-NN2015015, 005
Insecta - Plecoptera - Pteronarcyidae
Pteroliriope sinitshenkovae n. gen., n. sp. Cui et al. 2016
Cui et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-PLE-NN-2015001 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Praeaulacidae
Praeaulacus rectus n. sp. Li et al. 2018
Li et al. 2018 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2015002
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Stephanogaster integra n. sp. Li et al. 2019
Li et al. 2019 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2015001 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Mesoraphidia daohugouensis n. sp. Lu et al. 2015
3 specimens
CNU-RAP-NN-2015001, 002, 003 (6 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Guithone bethouxi n. gen., n. sp. Zheng et al. 2016
Zheng et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-NEU-NN2015003 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Saucrosmylidae
Ulrikezza sp. Fang et al. 2015
Fang et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-NEU-NN2015002 (1 measurement)
Ulrikezza aspoeckae n. gen., n. sp. Fang et al. 2015
Fang et al. 2015 1 specimen
CNU-NEU-NN2015001 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Holcorpidae
Conicholcorpa stigmosa n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2017
Li et al. 2017 1 specimen
CNU-NN-MEC-2015023
Conicholcorpa longa n. sp. Zhang et al. 2021
Zhang et al. 2021 1 specimen
nomen nudum belonging to Conicholcorpa
CNU-MEC-NN2015108
Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Zhang et al. 2021 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2015116
Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Vitimopsyche pristina n. sp. Lin et al. 2016
Lin et al. 2016 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN-2015009 (1 measurement)
Lichnomesopsyche prochorista n. sp. Lin et al. 2016
Lin et al. 2016 4 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN-2015002, 001, 008, 016 (7 measurements)
Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Ren et al. 2010
Lin et al. 2016 5 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN-2015003, 007, 011, 013, 014 (10 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae
Itaphlebia elegana Cao et al. 2022
Cao et al. 2022 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2015026 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Nei Mongol
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 119.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 122.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian - Oxfordian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Daohugou
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The age of the Daohugou fauna has been controversial. Liu et al. (2012) obtained U-Pb shrimp ages of 160.5 and 161.0 Myr on ash beds associated with fossils of the Daohugou fauna, suggesting a Callovian-Oxfordian age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "tuffaceous shale"; "freshwater shales interbedded with tuffs"
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Basins characterized by flexure and early rifting (Li et al., 2004)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Metadata
Database number:172659
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-08-15 09:23:35 Last modified:2023-05-27 10:48:05
Access level:the public Released:2015-08-15 09:23:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
56086. Y. N. Lu, X. Y. Liu, and D. Ren. 2015. First record of the fossil snakefly genus Mesoraphidia (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3999:560-570 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

82021 Y. Z. Cao, X. D. Lin, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2022. Two new species of Itaphlebia (Insecta, Mecoptera, Nannochoristidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 1008:175-188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60651 Y. Y. Cui, O. Béthoux, B. Kondratieff, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2016. The first fossil salmonfly (Insecta: Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae), back to the Middle Jurassic. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(217):1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56689 H. Fang, D. Ren, and Y. J. Wang. 2015. Familial clarification of Saucrosmylidae stat. nov. and new saucrosmylids from Daohugou, China (Insecta, Neuroptera). PLoS One 10(10):e0141048 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57483 J. Q. Gao, C. K. Shih, Y. Y. Zhao and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Cretolimonia and Mesotipula (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 89:1789-1796 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74437 Y. Han, Y. J. Cai, D. Ren and Y. J. Wang. 2019. A new fossil snipe fly with long proboscis from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Diptera: Rhagionidae). Zootaxa 4691:153-160 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
62713 L. Li, C. K. Shih, C. Wang and D. Ren. 2017. A new fossil scorpionfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Holcorpidae) with extremely elongate male genitalia from northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 91:797-805 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66715 L. F. Li, A. P. Rasnitsyn, C. K. Shih, C. C. Labandeira, M. Buffington, D. Q. Li, and D. Ren. 2018. Phylogeny of Evanioidea (Hymenoptera, Apocrita), with descriptions of new Mesozoic species from China and Myanmar. Systematic Entomology 43:810-842 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
71106 L. F. Li, C. K. Shih, D. Q. Li and D. Ren. 2019. New fossil species of Ephialtitidae and Baissidae (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) from the mid-Mesozoic of northeastern China. Alcheringa 43:568-579 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57552 X. D. Lin, M. J. H. Shih, C. C. Labandeira and D. Ren. 2016. New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1):1-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60278 X. H. Liu, Y. Li, Y. Z. Yao and D. Ren. 2016. A hairy-bodied tettigarctid (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeast China. Alcheringa 40:383-389 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
76057 Y. J. Zhang, P. J. M. Shih, J. Y. Wang, M. E. McNamara, C. K. Shih, D. Ren, and T. P. Gao. 2021. Jurassic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) with swollen first metatarsal segments suggesting sexual dimorphism. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21(47) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61025 B. Y. Zheng, D. Ren, and Y. J. Wang. 2016. Earliest true moth lacewing from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61:847-851 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]