Shin-Khuduk (outcrop 119 layer 3d) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as PIN coll. 3664

Where: Mongolia (44.7° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 107.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shinekhudag Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Also called "Shin-Khuduk" Formation

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified sandstone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by JSMPE in 1976; reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. Nel, G. Bechly, E. Jarzembowski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1998. A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida). Paleontologia Lombarda 10:1-68 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119133: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Aktassiidae
Aktassia pritykinae n. sp. Nel et al. 1998 true dragonfly
PIN 3664/471