Ewirgol, Toksun County (Jurassic of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (43.1° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 102.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Badaowan Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Topmost coal bed of the Badaowan Formation, which is very close to the boundary of the Badaowan and Sangonghe formations. Late Yongfeng Stage, i.e. Pliensbachian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithified, black, carbonaceous shale

• "Forest and marsh"
• Black shale interbeds of the coal bed. Carbonaceous shale and carbonaceous siltstone are contained in the coal seam containing numerous plant debris and a few insect fragments.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: D. Y. Huang, Y. T. Su, Y. Z. Fu, J. Gao, Y. M. Liu and C. Y. Cai. 2019. A new Early Jurassic insect outcrop in Xinjiang, northwestern China and its stratigraphic significance. Palaeoentomology 2:430-435 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 139466: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 12.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet.
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NIGP 171322
 Coleoptera -
Polyphaga indet.
Polyphaga indet. Emery 1886 beetle
NIGP 171321
 Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae
"Schizophoridae indet." = Phoroschizidae
"Schizophoridae indet." = Phoroschizidae Bouchard and Bousquet 2020 beetle
NIGP 171319, 171320