New significant fossil insects from the Upper Carboniferous of Ningxia in northern China (Palaeodictyoptera, Archaeorthoptera)

Title:

New significant fossil insects from the Upper Carboniferous of Ningxia in northern China (Palaeodictyoptera, Archaeorthoptera)

Creator:

Prokop, Jakub and Ren, Dong

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:80f52460-4983-47af-9b7e-0ce899ad5c40
uuid:80f52460-4983-47af-9b7e-0ce899ad5c40

Subject:

Palaeodictyopteroida, Eugereonoidea, Breyerioidea, Archaeorthoptera, "Protorthoptera", fam. n., gen. n., sp. n., taxonomy, Late Paleozoic, Upper Carboniferous, Namurian, Ningxia, and China

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

New palaeodictyopterid Namuroningxia elegans sp. n. (Namuroningxiidae fam. n.) and archaeorthopterid Sinopteron huangheense gen. n., sp. n. (uncertain family assignment) are described from the Tupo Formation (Upper Carboniferous, Namurian, northern China, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region). Both new taxa exhibit a unique structure of their wing venation pattern. The Namuroningxiidae fam. n. bears a mosaic of characters diagnostic of several "palaeopteran" families throughout Palaeodictyopteroida and Eupalaeoptera. This fact is highly interesting in reference to the Namurian age known for the occurrence of the first winged insects as well as the palaeogeographical position of the locality far from all sites in Laurussia. The preliminary study of entomofauna diversity exhibit frequent occurrence of archaeorthopterid wing fragments (e.g., Sinopteron huangheense) forming up to 40 percent of all insect specimens demonstrate high abundance of this group in the early Late Carboniferous ecosystems.

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2007 Volume:104 | Number:2

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