Haifanggou Formation

Haifanggou Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic
Type Geological formation
Underlies Tiaojishan Formation
Overlies Beipiao Formation
Lithology
Primary Conglomerate
Other Sandstone, mudstone, coal
Location
Region Inner Mongolia
Country  China

The Haifanggou Formation (also known as the Jiulongshan Formation) is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located in northeastern China, near Daohugou village of Ningcheng County. The rocks consists of coarse conglomerates, sandstone, mudstone and thin coal layers. The formation dates from the Middle Jurassic.[1]

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Fauna

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.

Arthropods

Insects of the Haifanggou Formation
Genus Species Year of description Abundance Notes Images
  • Ahirmoneura

A. neimengguensis[2]

2008

A tangle-veined fly

F. macularis[3]

2008

1 specimen

A hangingfly

J. astictus[3]

2008

1 specimen

A hangingfly

M. daohugoensis[4]

2007

1 specimen

A hangingfly
  • Sinojuraphis

S. ningchengensis[5]

2008

An aphid

Flora

Plants of the Haifanggou Formation
Genus Species State Abundance Notes Images

S. sinensis[6]

Liaoning

A possible early flowering plant

X. sinensis[7]

Liaoning

An early flowering plant

References

  1. ^ Liu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Ji, S.; Yang, Z. (2006). "U-Pb zircon age for the Daohugou Biota at Ningcheng of Inner Mongolia and comments on related issues". Chinese Science Bulletin 51 (21): 2634–2644. doi:10.1007/s11434-006-2165-2. 
  2. ^ Zhang, K.; Yang, D.; Ren, D.; Ge, F. (2008). "New Middle Jurassic tangle−veined flies from Inner Mongolia, China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (1): 161–164. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0112. 
  3. ^ a b Li, Y-L.; Ren, D.; Shih, C-K (2008). "Two Middle Jurassic hanging-flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Northeast China". Zootaxa 1929: 38–46. ISSN 1175-5334. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01929p046f.pdf. 
  4. ^ Petrulevicius, J. F.; Huang, D-Y.; Ren, D. (2007). "A new hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China". African Invertebrates 48 (1): 145–152. http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Lpetrul.145-152.pdf. 
  5. ^ Huang, D.; Nel, A. (2008). "A new Middle Jurassic aphid family (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Sinojuraphididae fam. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China". Palaeontology 51 (3): 715–719. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00773.x. 
  6. ^ Xin Wing; Shuying Duan, Baoyin Geng, Jinzhong Cui and Yong Yang (2007). "Schmeissneria: A missing link to angiosperms?". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 14. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-14. PMC 1805421. PMID 17284326. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1805421. 
  7. ^ Xin WANG; and Shijun WANG (2010). "Xingxueanthus: An Enigmatic Jurassic Seed Plant and Its Implications for the Origin of Angiospermy". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 (1): 47–55. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x.