Daohugou (CNU 2016 collection): Callovian - Oxfordian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae
Archirhagio gracilentus n. sp. Wang et al. 2017
Wang et al. 2017 2 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2016001, 002 (4 measurements)
Archirhagio striatus Zhang and Zhang 2003
Wang et al. 2017 21 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2016005 - 025
Archirhagio zhangi Zhang et al. 2009
Wang et al. 2017 8 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2016029, 030, 031, 032, 033, 034, 035, 036
Archirhagio varius Zhang 2014
Wang et al. 2017 3 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2016026, 027, 028
Archisargus aequinervus n. sp. Feng et al. 2019
Feng et al. 2019 3 specimens
CNU-DIP-NN2016038, 039, 040 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Plecoptera - Notonemouridae
Paranotonemoura zwicki n. gen., n. sp. Cui and Béthoux 2018
Cui et al. 2018 6 specimens
CNU-PLE-NN-2016103, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106
Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Bacharaboilus curvus Gu et al. 2022
Gu et al. 2022 3 specimens
CNU-ORT-NN2016013, 016, 019 (3 measurements)
Novaboilus multifurcatus Li et al. 2007
Gu et al. 2022 1 specimen
CNU-ORT-NN2016017
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Parelcana pulchmacula n. sp. Tian et al. 2019
Tian et al. 2019 4 specimens
CNU-ORT-NN2016041, 035, 036, 042 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Dermaptera - Protodiplatyidae
Perissoderma triangulum n. gen., n. sp. Xing et al. 2016
1 specimen
CNU-DER-NN2016001 (2 measurements)
Abrderma gracilentum n. gen., n. sp. Xing et al. 2016
1 specimen
CNU-DER-NN2016002 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Karatavitidae
Praeratavites rasnitsyni n. sp. Shih et al. 2017
Shih et al. 2017 2 specimens
CNU-HYM-NN-2016001, 003
Karatavites ningchengensis n. sp. Shih et al. 2017
Shih et al. 2017 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2016004
Karatavites medius Rasnitsyn 1969
Shih et al. 2017 1 specimen
CNU-HYM-NN-2016002
Insecta - Mecoptera - Nannochoristidae
Itaphlebia elegana Cao et al. 2022
Cao et al. 2022 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2016020 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae
Pseudopolycentropus janeannae Ren et al. 2010
Lin et al. 2019 3 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN-2016001, 008, 015
Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Orthobittacus suni n. sp. Kopeć et al. 2018
Kopeć et al. 2018 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2016101
Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebia elenae Willmann and Novokshonov 1998
Zhang et al. 2021 7 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2016134, 212, 213, 224, 227, 228, 334
Orthophlebia extensa Martynov 1937
Zhang et al. 2021 1 specimen
CNU-MEC-NN2016345
Zhang et al. 2021 6 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2016215, 216, 217, 218, 221, 338
Mesopanorpa densa Zhang 1996
Zhang et al. 2021 5 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2016109, 211, 253, 270, 304
Mesopanorpa luanpingensis Hong 1983
Zhang et al. 2021 8 specimens
CNU-MEC-NN2016142, 158, 222, 229, 233, 269, 329, 348
Insecta - Coleoptera - Boganiidae
Palaeoboganium jurassicum n. gen., n. sp. Liu et al. 2017
Liu et al. 2017 1 specimen
CNU-COL-NN201601
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Ororaphidia megalocephala Engel and Ren 2008
Lyu et al. 2017 28 specimens
CNU-RAP-NN-2016004-008, 011, 014, 015, 017, 019-022, 024-026, 031, 040-043, 046, 047, 050, 052, 056, 058
Ororaphidia bifurcata n. sp. Lyu et al. 2017
Lyu et al. 2017 2 specimens
CNU-RAP-NN-2016016, 049
Mesoraphidia daohugouensis Lu et al. 2015
Lyu et al. 2017 10 specimens
CNU-RAP-NN-2016012, 032, 033, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 048, 059
Styporaphidia magia Engel and Ren 2008
Lyu et al. 2017 1 specimen
CNU-RAP-NN-2016029
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Fuscopolystoechotes reticulatus n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2021
Xu et al. 2021 3 specimens
CNU-NEU-NN2016005, 008, 009 (1 measurement)
Lichenipolystoechotes angustimaculatus n. gen., n. sp. Fang et al. 2020
Fang et al. 2020 2 specimens
CNU-NEU-NN2016040, 041
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:183155
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2016-12-05 22:02:57 Last modified:2023-05-27 10:48:13
Access level:the public Released:2016-12-05 22:02:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61138. C. Y. Xing, C. K. Shih, Y. Y. Zhao and D. Ren. 2016. New earwigs in Protodiplatyidae (Insecta: Dermaptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. Zootaxa 4205:180-188 [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]
67777 Y. Cui, D. Ren, and O. Béthoux. 2018. The Pangean journey of 'south forestflies' (Insecta: Plecoptera) revealed by their first fossils. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:255-268 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73727 H. Fang, C. C. Labandeira, Y. M. Ma, B. Y. Zheng, D. Ren, X. L. Wei, J. X. Liu and Y. J. Wang. 2020. Lichen mimesis in mid-Mesozoic lacewings. eLife 9(e59007) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
82573 C. P. Feng, F. Y. Wang, C. K. Shih, D. Ren, and Y. J. Wang. 2019. New species of Archisargus from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou of northeastern China (Diptera: Brachycera: Archisargidae). Palaeoentomology 2:581-584 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81881 J. J. Gu, Z. Q. Xu, R. Huang, H. J. Wang, Y. L. Yue and D. Ren. 2022. Systematic significance of wing morphology in extinct Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Ensifera) revealed by geometric morphometrics and description of two new species. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19:1587-1599 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64878 K. Kopeć, W. Krzemiński, A. Soszyńska-Maj, Y. Z. Cao, and D. Ren. 2018. A new species of Orthobittacus (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia (China). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:157-162 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
68224 X. D. Lin, C. C. Labandeira, C. K. Shih, C. L. Hotton, and D. Ren. 2019. Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Nature Communications 10(1235) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64437 Z. H. Liu, A. Ślipiński, J. F. Lawrence, D. Ren, and H. Pang. 2017. Palaeoboganium gen. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Boganiidae): the first cycad pollinators?. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16:351-360 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63138 Y. N. Lyu, D. Ren, and X. Y. Liu. 2017. Review of the fossil snakefly family Mesoraphidiidae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) in the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species. Alcheringa 41:403-412 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63804 M. J. H. Shih, L. F. Li, and D. Ren. 2017. Application of geometric morphometric analyses to confirm two new species of Karatavitidae (Hymenoptera: Karatavitoidea) from northeastern China. Alcheringa 41:499-508 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
71207 H. Tian, J. J. Gu, X. C. Yin and D. Ren. 2019. The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China. ZooKeys 897:19-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61330 F. Y. Wang, C. K. Shih, D. Ren and Y. J. Wang. 2017. Quantitative assessments and taxonomic revision of the genus Archirhagio with a new species from Daohugou, China (Diptera: Archisargidae). Systematic Entomology 42:230-239 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78919 Y. F. Xu, B. Y. Zheng, H. Fang, C. K. Shih, D. Ren and Y. J. Wang. 2021. New fossil giant lacewings from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of China (Neuroptera, Ithonidae). Zootaxa 5067:259-266 [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]