@article{ab621ad36a5a4fe6a0d413611ace9121,
title = "The first Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Triassic of China",
abstract = "The extinct family Locustavidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) is rare in the fossil record, and to date no representative has been reported from China. In this paper, Hejiafanga tongchuanensis gen. et sp. nov. is described based on a single forewing from the Middle Triassic Tongchuan Formation of Shaanxi Province, northwestern China. It is the first orthopteran to be reported from the Triassic of China and the oldest record of Caelifera from East Asia. The discovery expands the global distribution of Locustavidae (stem grasshoppers) and expands knowledge of this rare group during Middle–Late Triassic times.",
keywords = "INHS, Triassic, Orthoptera, Caelifera, Locustavidae, Tongchuan, China",
author = "Chunpeng Xu and Yan Fang and Sam Heads and Qiang Zhang and Jarzembowski, {Edmund A.} and Bo Wang",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB26000000], the National Natural Science Foundation of China [41572010, 41622201, 41688103], and the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) [No. 183101]. This is a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship contribution for EAJ. We thank two anonymous reviewers for providing some constructive suggestions and the editor for editorial assistance. Thanks also go to D.R. Zheng and X.D. Zhao for helpful dicussion. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Geological Society of Australia Inc., Australasian Palaeontologists. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/03115518.2019.1662485",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "44",
pages = "93--98",
journal = "Alcheringa",
issn = "0311-5518",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}