A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1813 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOLIN WANG ◽  
DIOGENES DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS ◽  
ZHONGHE ZHOU ◽  
ALEXANDER W. A. KELLNER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Cervical Vertebrae ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
Previous Hypothesis ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Primitive Member

A new pterosaur, Hongshanopterus lacustris gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, western Liaoning, China is described. The specimen (IVPP V14582) consists of a skull preserved in palatal view and some isolated cervical vertebrae. Based on the labiolingually compressed teeth with a triangular crown Hongshanopterus lacustris is referred to the Istiodactylidae. It presents several plesiomorphic features such as the teeth not confined to the anterior third of the skull but extended more posteriorly, and is thus considered the most primitive member of this group. This new species also differs from other istiodactylids by having more teeth, some showing the crown distinctively directed posteriorly. Three other members of the Istiodactylidae are currently represented in the Jiufotang deposits: Nurhachius ignaciobritoi, Istiodactylus sinensis and Longchengpterus zhaoi. To those we add Liaoxipterus brachyognathus, previously classified in the Ctenochasmatidae but that also has triangular labiolingually compressed teeth, and is a potential senior synonym of Lonchengpterus zhaoi. The palatal anatomy of Hongshanopterus lacustris also agrees with previous hypothesis that considers Istiodactylidae more closely related to the Anhangueridae than to Pteranodon (or Pteranodontidae).

scholarly journals Male spike strobiles withGnetumaffinity from the Early Cretaceous in western Liaoning, Northeast China

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang-Xing GUO ◽  
Jin-Geng SHA ◽  
Li-Zeng BIAN ◽  
Yin-Long QIU
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Western Liaoning

A new genus and two new species of fossil Elaterids from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1785 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUALI CHANG ◽  
FAN ZHANG ◽  
DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Yixian Formation ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
Two New Species

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.

scholarly journals Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuanyu Zhou ◽  
Rodrigo V. Pêgas ◽  
Maria E.C. Leal ◽  
Niels Bonde
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Cervical Vertebrae ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
Tooth Replacement ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
Unusual Pattern ◽  
Species Being

A new istiodactylid pterosaur, Nurhachius luei sp. nov., is here reported based on a complete skull with mandible and some cervical vertebrae from the lower part of the Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning (China). This is the second species of Nurhachius, the type-species being N. ignaciobritoi from the upper part of the Jiufotang Formation. A revised diagnosis of the genus Nurhachius is provided, being this taxon characterized by the presence of a slight dorsal deflection of the palatal anterior tip, which is homoplastic with the Anhangueria and Cimoliopterus. N. luei sp. nov. shows an unusual pattern of tooth replacement, with respect to other pterodactyloid species. The relationships within the Istiodactylidae and with their closest taxa are investigated through a phylogenetic analysis by parsimony.

Fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Northeast China, including a new family, Vetanthocoridae

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1360 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUNZHI YAO ◽  
WANZHI CAI ◽  
DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Yixian Formation ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
New Family ◽  
Fossil Records

An extinct new family of flower bugs, Vetanthocoridae fam. nov., with 2 new tribes, Vetanthocorini and Crassicerini, 8 new genera, and 9 new species (Byssoidecerus levigatus gen. & sp. nov., Collivetanthocoris rapax gen. & sp. nov., Vetanthocoris decorus gen. & sp. nov., Vetanthocoris longispicus gen. & sp. nov., Curvicaudus ciliatus gen. & sp. nov., Mecopodus xanthos gen. & sp. nov., Pustulithoracalis gloriosus gen. & sp. nov., Curticerus venustus gen. & sp. nov., and Crassicerus furtivus gen. & sp. nov.) are described from the Late Jurassic Yixian Formation in western Liaoning Province, China. These fossil records suggest there was an important diversity of flower bugs in the earlier Late Jurassic of northern China. A key to four flower-bug families and a key to the known fossil flower bugs are provided.

Description of a new fossil Anthoxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from Yixian Formation of Northeast China

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1842 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAIPING GAO ◽  
DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Yixian Formation ◽  
Western Liaoning ◽  
A New Species

This paper reports a new species Anthoxyela orientalis sp. nov. referred to the genus Anthoxyela Rasnitsyn, 1977 of the subfamily Macroxyelinae (Symphyta, Xyelidae). This fossil was collected from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Based on characters of this specimen, the diagnosis of the genus Anthoxyela is revised.

Ginkgophytes of the Ul’ya flora (the Ul’ya depresiion, the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanogenic belt)

Palaeobotany ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 80-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. B. Golovneva
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Leaf Length ◽  
Volcanogenic Belt ◽  
Short Shoots ◽  
Volcanogenic Deposits

The Ul’ya flora comes from the Coniacian volcanogenic deposits of the Amka Formation (the Ul'ya depression, southern part of the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanogenic belt). Ginkgoaleans are diverse in this flora and represented by three genera: Ginkgo, Sphenobaiera and Baiera. All specimens have no cuticle and were assigned to morphotaxa. Genus Ginkgo includes two species: G. ex gr. adiantoides (Ung.) Heer with entire leaves and G. ex gr. sibirica Heer with dissected leaves. Genus Sphenobaiera also consists of two species: S. ex gr. longifolia (Pom.) Florin with 4–8 leaf lobes and S. ex gr. biloba Prynada with two leaf lobes. Genus Baiera is represented by new species B. lebedevii Golovn., sp. nov.Leaves of this species are 25–30 cm long and 13–16 cm wide, narrowly wedge-shaped with flat slender petiole, dichotomously dissected 4–5 times into linear segments 3–6 mm wide with 6–12 veins. The length of ultimate segments is equal to about a half of leaf length. Leaves attached spirally to ovoid short shoots about 2 cm long. Among the Late Cretaceous floras similar diversity of ginkgoaleans was recorded only in the Turonian-Coniacian Arman flora from middle part of the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanogenic belt (Herman et al., 2016). Four species of ginkgoaleans from the Ul’ya flora (except G. ex gr. adiantoides) are considered as the Early Cretaceous relicts.

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