Where: Xinjiang, China (43.9° N, 85.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 102.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sangonghe Formation, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H. C. Zhang. 1997. A new genus of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lower-Middle Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 14:71-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103478: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.01.2011

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