Where: Chiba, Japan (35.7° N, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 143.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inubouzaki Formation (Choshi Group), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum and Institute of Chiba
Primary reference: I. Fujiyama. 1994. Two parasitic wasps from Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Choshi amber, Chiba, Japan. Natural History Research 3:1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157033: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Chosia yamadai n. gen. n. sp.
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