Where: Xizang, China (32.8° N, 91.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 79.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Niubao Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Lower part of the second member of the Niubao Formation (beds 179-249)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the NIGPAS

• Collectors: Geological team of Jianghan Institution of Petroleum and Gas

Primary reference: Q. B. Lin and D. Y. Huang. 2006. Discovery of Paleocene Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) in the Jiangtang Basin, Northern Tibet, China. Alcheringa 30(1):97-102 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119466: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 27.10.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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