Shurab II (TsNIGRI collection 4617) (Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan)

Where: Kyrgyzstan (40.0° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 76.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: H Member (Sulyukta Formation), Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• Martynov, 1937 says comes from series H

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Mesozoic intramontane Tien Shan basins formed by reactivation during Qiangtang collision.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by N. V. Shabarov in 1929

Primary reference: A. V. Martynov. 1937. Liassic insects from Shurab and Kisyl-Kiya, Part II, Blattodea. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 7:182-231 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123139: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 12.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

• specimens in TSNIGRI
Insecta
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Samaroblattula sp. Martynov 1937 cockroach
4617/1