An insect wing discovered in the Early Permian Taiyuan Formation (Shanxi Province, China)

Jin Wang , Olivier Bethoux (1) , Yingying Cui (2) , Dong Ren (3)

1 CR2P - Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris
2 South China Normal University - Guangzhou
3 Capital Normal University [Beijing]

The first discovery of an insect wing from the Taiyuan Formation, near Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, China, is described. The combination of its wing venation characters makes it difficult to assign it to any known major Paleozoic group. The comparison is made among the new material, stem-Orthoptera species, and "fossil Grylloblattodea". Further investigation on fossil insects from this locality is needed.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Paleontology

Jin Wang, Olivier Bethoux, Yingying Cui, Dong Ren. An insect wing discovered in the Early Permian Taiyuan Formation (Shanxi Province, China). Fossil Record, 2019, 22 (2), pp.73 - 76. ⟨10.5194/fr-22-73-2019⟩. ⟨mnhn-02570204⟩