Where: Ningxia, China (36.1° N, 105.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 107.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Madongshan Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Madongshan Formation dated as 118.3-109.6 Ma based on magnetostratigraphy
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1982. Mesozoic Fossil Insects of Jiuquan Basin in Gansu Province 1-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105793: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Liupanshania sijiensis n. gen. n. sp.
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