Galkino (Jurassic to of Kazakhstan)

Where: Chimkent, Kazakhstan (42.3° N, 69.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 73.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karabastau Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by A. Martynov in 1925; reposited in the PIN

• Martynov says that the specimens are in the Collection of Geologic Museum Academy of Sciences this is now called the PIN but he doesn't give collection numbers.

Primary reference: A. V. Martynov. 1927. Jurassic Fossil Mecoptera and Paratrichoptera from Turkestan and Ust-Balei (Siberia). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR 21(7-8):651-666 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114692: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Tarsophlebiidae
Tarsophlebia sp.2 Hagen 1866 winged insect
VII 1925 A. Martynov
 Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae
Protomyrmeleon angustovenosus n. sp.2 Martynov 1927 winged insect
Protomyrmeleon handlirschi n. sp.2 Martynov 1927 winged insect
 Hemiptera - Fulgoridiidae
Elasmoscelidium rotundatum n. gen. n. sp.1 Martynov 1926 planthopper
 Hemiptera - Archijassidae
Karajassus crassinervis n. gen. n. sp.1 Martynov 1926 true bug
Archijassus minimus n. sp.1 Martynov 1926 true bug
 Hemiptera - Liadopsyllidae
Lithentomum praecox n. gen. n. sp.1
Lithentomum praecox n. gen. n. sp.1 Martynov 1926 jumping plant louse
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Mesypochrysa latipennis n. gen. n. sp.2
Mesypochrysa latipennis n. gen. n. sp.2 Martynov 1927 green lacewing
 Coleoptera - Mordellidae
Praemordella martynovi n. gen. n. sp.3
Praemordella martynovi n. gen. n. sp.3 Shchegoleva-Barovskaya 1929 tumbling flower beetle
 Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Probittacus avitus n. gen. n. sp.
Probittacus avitus n. gen. n. sp. Martynov 1927 hangingfly
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
? Mesopanorpa felix n. sp. Martynov 1927 scorpionfly