Name: Insecta: Dictyoptera: and Isoptera
Age: Lower Cretaceous (~125 m.y.a.)
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Cockroach: 24 mm, matrix: 87 mm by 60 mm
Location: Yixian Formation, Chao Yang, Liaoning Province of China
 Description:
The Class Insecta is well represented in Liaoning and Hebei Provinces
of China, with over 500 species referable to over 100 families based
upon over 10,000 specimens. This fantastic diversity and exquisite
detail is unprecedented throughout the world. The most obvious example
is a large, detailed member of the Dictyoptera, or Cockroaches. Notice
the incredible detail in the venation of the wings. The many freshwater
clams present are indications of the aquatic environment in which
these types of specimens were preserved. |
