Where: Novokuznetsk, Russian Federation (54.5° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 60.5° N, 84.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian to Pliensbachian (190.8 - 174.1 Ma)

• Abasheva (trench 82) or Osinovo (trench 76) formations

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Novokuznetsk section of PIN; reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: V. G. Kovalev. 1981. The oldest representatives of the Diptera with short antennae from the Jurassic in Siberia. Paleontological Journal 15(3):84-100 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105018: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 13.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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