Journal Pre-proof Age and depositional environment of the Xiaheyan insect fauna, embedded in marine black shales (Early Pennsylvanian, China) Steffen Trümper, Jörg W. Schneider, Tamara Nemyrovska, Dieter Korn, Ulf Linnemann, Dong Ren, Olivier Béthoux PII: S0031-0182(19)30096-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109444 Reference: PALAEO 109444 To appear in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Received Date: 27 January 2019 Revised Date: 13 October 2019 Accepted Date: 1 November 2019 Please cite this article as: Trümper, S., Schneider, Jö.W., Nemyrovska, T., Korn, D., Linnemann, U., Ren, D., Béthoux, O., Age and depositional environment of the Xiaheyan insect fauna, embedded in marine black shales (Early Pennsylvanian, China), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109444. This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.