Fossil Record
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Foss. Rec., 20, 253–257, 2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-253-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Foss. Rec., 20, 253–257, 2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-253-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

Research article 07 Nov 2017

Research article | 07 Nov 2017

A new, rare and distinctive species of Panorthoptera (Insecta, Archaeorthoptera) from the Upper Carboniferous of Xiaheyan (Ningxia, China)

Jun-Jie Gu1, Olivier Béthoux2,4, and Dong Ren3 Jun-Jie Gu et al.
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  • 1College of Biological Sciences and Engineering, North Minzu University, 204 Wenchangbeijie, Xixia District, Yinchuan, 750021, China
  • 2Sorbonne Universités, UPMC (Paris 6), MNHN, CNRS, UMR 7207, Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), Paris, France
  • 3College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing, 100048, China
  • 4Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, CP38, 75005, Paris, France
Received: 09 May 2017 – Revised: 04 Sep 2017 – Accepted: 22 Sep 2017 – Published: 07 Nov 2017

Abstract. The Xiaheyan locality is providing abundant material on one of the earliest insect faunas. The most common species are comparatively remote relatives of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids), belonging to the Archaeorthoptera nec Panorthoptera (the latter including crown Orthoptera). We establish the genus Sinogerarus gen. nov. to accommodate a new, rare species, S. pectinatus spec. nov., which can be conclusively assigned to Panorthoptera. It therefore represents the second occurrence of the group at this locality. The new species displays a distinctive combination of character states, adding to the knowledge of a number of Upper Carboniferous Panorthoptera whose relationships are poorly understood.

How to cite. Gu, J.-J., Béthoux, O., and Ren, D.: A new, rare and distinctive species of Panorthoptera (Insecta, Archaeorthoptera) from the Upper Carboniferous of Xiaheyan (Ningxia, China), Foss. Rec., 20, 253–257, https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-253-2017, 2017.
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A new fossil species relative of grasshoppers, crickets and katydids is described from the famous Xiaheyan locality (China). Compared to other species recovered from these 310-million-year-old strata, Sinogerarus pectinatus gen. and spec. nov. is likely most closely related to extant forms. The group it belongs to will become preeminent a few million years later but is very rare at Xiaheyan.
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