A new assemblage of Early Cretaceous green lacewings (Chrysopidae: Neuroptera) from Transbaikalia

Author(s):  
Alexander V. Khramov

ABSTRACTOne new genus and four new species of Chrysopidae are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Khasurty, Transbailakia (Russia):Mesypochrysa cannabinasp. nov.;M. naranicasp. nov.;Aberrantochrysa buryaticagen. & sp. nov.; andA. pulchellagen. & sp. nov. The abundance of Chrysopidae in Mesozoic localities is discussed.

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Cabral ◽  
Alan Lord ◽  
Ian Boomer ◽  
Isabel Loureiro ◽  
Heinz Malz

The new genus Tanycythere (Crustacea, Ostracoda) is described from the Jurassic (Hettangian–Bathonian) of western and central Europe based on T. caudata new species, T. praecaudata praecaudata new subspecies, T. praecaudata parallela new subspecies, T. duartei new species, T. posteroelongata new species, and T. wattonensis new species. Another new species, T. procera, is described from the Lower Cretaceous (?Barremian). Recognition of a new genus comprising six new species and subspecies indicates that overall Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ostracod biodiversity is underestimated.


1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Wilson

Abstract. Three new species and one new genus of adherent foraminiferans have been found within bivalve borings in cobbles from the Faringdon Sponge-gravel (Upper Aptian) of south-central England. The new genus and species, Lapillincola faringdonensis is a uniserial textulariine with an initial planispiral coil and a multiple aperture. Lapillincola gen. nov. is a remarkable homeomorph of Arenonina Barnard, which was originally described as an agglutinated form. Arenonina is shown here to actually be calcareous and perforate, and thus a junior synonym of Rectocibicides Cushman & Ponton. Acruliammina parvispira sp. nov. is another uniserial textulariine with an initial coil. Bullopora ramosa sp. nov. is an adherent polymorphinid with a branching, irregular series of adherent chambers. These foraminiferans may have used the bivalve borings as spatial refuges from the abrasive, high energy environment of the Sponge-gravel.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3504 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
YAPING CAI ◽  
YUNYUN ZHAO ◽  
CHUNGKUN SHIH ◽  
DONG REN

A new genus Mirabythus Cai, Shih et Ren, gen. nov. (type species, M. lechrius Cai, Shih et Ren, sp. nov.) and M. liae Cai, Shih et Ren, sp. nov. from the family Scolebythidae are described from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Huangbanjigou Village, Liaoning Province, northeastern China. These findings extend the existence of Scolebythidae to the Early Cretaceous of China, while providing evidence to support Engel and Grimaldi’s hypothesis that the family was widely distributed throughout the Cretaceous. Our two new species with clear venation also provide a comprehensive understanding of the venational changes from the Early Cretaceous to now. A key to the fossil and extant genera of Scolebythidae is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1087 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICA MENON

Tettagalma striata, new genus and species of Tettigarctidae (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea), is described from the Lower Cretaceous laminated limestones of the Crato Formation, Brazil. The new discovery represents the first certain record of this family in Brazil and confirms its presence in the Southern Hemisphere during the early Cretaceous. Architettix Hamilton, 1990, from the same formation, and all the taxa originally placed in Cicadoprosbolidae, are also included in Tettigarctidae, as the former is considered a synonym.


Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1785 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUALI CHANG ◽  
FAN ZHANG ◽  
DONG REN

A new genus and two new species of fossil Elateridae are described and illustrated: Paralithomerus gen. nov., P. exquisitus sp. nov, and P. parallelus sp. nov. Both species were collected from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Fossil elaterids expressing a sutured mesoventrite have been otherwise discovered only from the Upper Jurassic strata of Karatau.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4329 (4) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
ANDRZEJ KAIM ◽  
KRZYSZTOF HRYNIEWICZ ◽  
CRISPIN T. S. LITTLE ◽  
HANS ARNE NAKREM

Eleven gastropod species from seven latest Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep deposits from central Spitsbergen, Svalbard are described and illustrated. Six new species and one new genus are introduced. Sassenfjordia gen. nov. is tentatively classified as a naticoid and is characterized by a naticiform gross teleoconch morphology and a large protoconch ornamented with spiral ribs, similar to those present in the subfamily Sininae. The patellogastropod ?Pectinodonta borealis sp. nov. represents the oldest occurrence of pectinodontid limpets in chemosynthesis-based associations. The colloniid Hikidea svalbardensis sp. nov. is the oldest confirmed occurrence of this genus so far. The eucyclid Eucycloidea bitneri sp. nov. is the second report of an occurrence of this genus at hydrocarbon seeps (both of which come from the Paleo-Barents Sea). Abyssomelania sp. is the third known, and the oldest occurrence of this genus. Hudlestoniella hammeri sp. nov. represents another occurrence of this genus at seeps in the Paleo-Barents Sea; its current higher-rank assignment is reviewed herein. It may belong either to the rissoids, as previously suggested, or to the abyssochrysoids (or zygopleurids). A fossil identified as Cretadmete sp. is here classified in the Purpurinidae, a family of stem neogastropods or tonnoideans. The heterobranch Hyalogyrina knorringfjelletensis sp. nov. is the oldest occurrence of hyalogyrinids in chemosynthesis-based associations. Several oldest occurrences of seep taxa in moderately shallow-water seeps in Spitsbergen suggest that the previously questioned onshore-offshore hypothesis of seep and vent colonization should be carefully re-investigated. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3478 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHUO YAN ◽  
MING BAI ◽  
DONG REN

Hybosoridae is a relatively small family of Scarabaeoidea, including five extant and one fossil subfamily (Ocampo & Ballerio 2006, Nikolajev 2007). Until now, 20 fossil species were known from five subfamilies: Anaidinae, Ceratocanthinae, Hybosorinae, Liparochrinae, and Mimaphodiinae (Ocampo & Ballerio 2006, Krell 2007, Nikolajev 2008, Nikolajev et al. 2010, Nikolajev 2010a, Nikolajev 2010b, Kirejtshuk et al. 2011). In this paper we describe Pulcherhybosorus tridentatus Yan, Bai, & Ren new genus and new species, from a nearly complete and well-preserved fossil. This fossil represents the first record of Hybosoridae from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liutiaogou, Inner Mongolia in China. This significant finding tentatively confirms the presence of Hybosoridae during the Mesozoic in what is now China.


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