Also known as PIN collection 4988

Where: Amur, Russian Federation (49.5° N, 129.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 117.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Darmakan Formation (Tsagayan Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Lower Danian. 66±1 Ma U-Pb age average obtained by LA-ICP-MS dating of single igneous zircons from a tuff bed located in the uppermost part of the Middle Tsagayan Subformation (Knittel et al., 2013). Upper Tsagayan = lower part of Darmakan Fm.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. V. Alexeev. 2008. New Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and Similar Beetles from the Cretaceous and Early Paleogene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 42:53-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103271: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.01.2011

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